From a76215717318d5fc898382c420c311ce2f5a681f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Stogner <Roy.Stogner@inl.gov>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:29:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] NEWS updates for v1.7.0-1.7.3

---
 NEWS | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 288b1362bc2..7e9ddefa30f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+1.7.1 -> 1.7.3
+  * PETSc support
+    - Full compatibility with PETSc 3.18 and 3.19
+1.7.0 -> 1.7.1
+  * PETSc support
+    - Avoid using AC_CHECK_HEADER to search for petscversion.h
+    - Full compatibility with PETSc 3.17
+    - Remove method deprecated in C++17
+    - Compatibility fix for MS VC 2019
 1.6.2 -> 1.7.0
   * Benchmarking support
     - Add benchmark_example() macro, $LIBMESH_BENCHMARK env