NEWS.md in nanoc-4.7.8 vs NEWS.md in nanoc-4.7.9

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 # Nanoc news
 
+## 4.7.9 (2017-05-01)
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+Fixes:
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+* Fixed character set handling of code snippets (#1171, #1174)
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+Enhancements:
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+* Added `xml:base` support (#1172, #1173) [Chris Burkhardt]
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+This release drops support for Ruby 2.2, as it is no longer maintained.
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 ## 4.7.8 (2017-04-22)
 
 Fixes:
 
 * Fixed a crash when printing dependency cycle error messages (#1164, #1166)