Update NEWS for 1.8.10pre1

Release notes for the first 1.8.10 prerelease.

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User-Visible OpenAFS Changes
OpenAFS 1.8.10 (in progress)
All platforms
* Improved error messages and diagnostics (15302 15313)
* Fixes for parallel or out of tree builds (15297..9)
* Fixed "make clean" to remove several artifacts overlooked in the past
(15377)
* Fixed the autoconf check for ncurses to catch libs built with
"--enable-reentrant" (15296)
* Removed the obsolete kdump debugging tool (15315)
* Avoid some more possible string buffer overflows (15240)
All client platforms
* Take the readonly volume offline during "vos convertROtoRW" (15233)
* Updated the CellServDB to the latest version from grand.central.org
(15323)
All UNIX/Linux client platforms
* Trim trailing slashes from paths given to "fs lsmount" and
"fs flushmount" (15242)
* Provide the "-literal" option for the "fs getfid" command, which allows
querying a symlink or mount point rather than the object pointed to
(15235)
* Avoid some potential kernel panics (15295 15324 15331)
AIX
* Improved support for this platform, including releases 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3
(15309 15368..76 15378..86 15403 15422 15424..5 15441..2)
macOS
* Added support for Apple Silicon and macOS releases up to 13 ("Ventura")
(15246 15250..1 15254 15258..64)
* Fixes around signing and notarization of the OpenAFS packages (15255..7)
* Build "afscell" on supported platforms, and only those (15247)
Linux
* Support building for newer distributions and compilers (15266..71
15273..5 15277)
Linux clients
* Support mainline kernels up to 6.3 and distribution kernels
derived from those (15228 15281 15388..9 15410..11)
* Fixes and enhancements around the kernel module build (15229..31 15265)
* Fixed potential cache inconsistencies for symbolic link metadata (15443)
OpenAFS 1.8.9
All platforms