Add news about splitting the top-level __init__.py. (trunk r15730)

svn path=/main/branches/2.1.7/; revision=15731

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 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-2.1.8
+-------------
+* The top-level __init__.py for the portage python package has been split into
+  many smaller python modules, making the code easier to navigate and allowing
+  small parts of the portage api to be imported with less overhead.
+
 portage-2.1.7
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