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chore: add 3.22 release notes

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@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ CMake now is built with C++11 compilers. Lots of useful improvements help write
* FindMPI vastly expanded
* FindOpenMP improved
* Dynamic test discovery for `GoogleTest`
* `cmake_host_system_information` can access much more information.
## [CMake 3.11][] : Faster & IMPORTED INTERFACE
@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ support. Presets continue to be improved.
* Initially released [July 14, 2021](https://blog.kitware.com/cmake-3-21-0-available-for-download/)
* Preliminary support for MSVC 2022
* `CMAKE_<LANG_LINKER_LAUNCHER` added for make and ninja
* `CMAKE_<LANG>_LINKER_LAUNCHER` added for make and ninja
* HIP added as a language
* C17 and C23 support added
* `--instal-prefix <dir>` and `--toolchain <file>` added when running CMake
@ -347,9 +348,24 @@ support. Presets continue to be improved.
* `PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL` and `<PROJECT-NAME>_IS_TOP_LEVEL` finally added
* Caching improvements for the `find_` commands
## [CMake 3.22][]: Handy env vars
A smaller release with some nice improvements all around focused on supporting
common build situations. You can finally set `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` in your
environment to set a default build type. There are several other new env vars
and variables too. Compiler flags related to standards have been improved.
`cmake_host_system_information` got improved further (from 3.10) with OS
information.
* Initially released [November 18, 2021](https://blog.kitware.com/cmake-3-22-0-available-for-download/)
* New environment variables for defaults, `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` and `CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES`
* New environment variable `CMAKE_INSTALL_MODE` for install types (symlinks)
* New `CMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_<PackageName>` variable to convert an optional find to a required one
* `CMAKE_<LANG>_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT` comes from the compiler
* `CMakeDependentOption` uses normal conditional syntax now
* CTest can now modify environment variables
* Some generators now use external (system) markers on includes for MSVC
[Releases]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/index.html
[CMake 3.0]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.0.html
@ -374,6 +390,7 @@ support. Presets continue to be improved.
[CMake 3.19]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.19.html
[CMake 3.20]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.20.html
[CMake 3.21]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.21.html
[CMake 3.22]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.22.html
[CMake master]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/git-master/release/index.html
[fastercmake]: https://blog.kitware.com/improving-cmakes-runtime-performance/