Update NEWS for 1.6.16pre1

A first stab at 1.6.16 release notes

Change-Id: I32c8c583a6a3122ab4d4774803246cae0a372d18
Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/12099
Reviewed-by: Mark Vitale <mvitale@sinenomine.net>
Tested-by: BuildBot <buildbot@rampaginggeek.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephan Wiesand <stephan.wiesand@desy.de>
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User-Visible OpenAFS Changes
OpenAFS 1.6.16 (in progress)
All platforms
* Documentation improvements (11932 12096 12100)
* Improved diagnostics and error messages (11586 11587)
* Distribute the contributor code of conduct with the stable release (12056)
All server platforms
* Create PID files in the right location when bosserver is started with
the "-pidfiles" argument and transarc paths are not being used (12086)
* Several fixes regarding volume dump creation and restore (11433 11553
11825 11826 12082)
* Obey the "-toname" parameter in "vos clone" operations (11434)
* Avoid writing a loopback address into the server CellServDB - search
for a non-loopback one, and fail if none is found (12083 12105)
* Rebuild the vldb free list with "vldb_check -fix" (12084)
* Fixed and improved the "check_sysid" utility (12090)
* Fixed and improved the "prdb_check" utility (12101..04)
All client platforms
* Refuse to change multi-homed server entries with "vos changeaddr",
unless "-force" is given, to avoid corruption of those entries (12087)
* Provide a new vos subcommand "remaddrs" for removing server entries, to
replace the slightly confusing "vos changeaddr -remove" (12092 12094)
* Make "fs flushall" actually invalidate all cached data (11894)
* Prevent spurious call aborts due to erroneous idle timeouts (11594)
* Provide a "--disable-gtx" configure switch to avoid building and
installing libgtx and its header files as well as the depending
"scout" and "afsmonitor" applications (12095)
Linux clients
* In Red Hat packaging, avoid following a symbolic link when writing
the client CellServDB, which could overwrite the server CellServDB,
by removing an existing symlink before writing the file (12081)
OpenAFS 1.6.15 (Security Release)
All client and server platforms