LP 1499123: Add release notes.

Signed-off-by: Jason Stephenson <jason@sigio.com>
Signed-off-by: Kathy Lussier <klussier@masslnc.org>

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+Standing Penalty Ignore Proximity
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Standing penalties now have an ignore_proximity field that takes an
+integer value.  When set, the value of this field represents the
+proximity from the user's home organizational unit where this penalty
+will be ignored for purposes of circulation and holds.  Typical values
+for this field would be 0, 1, or 2 when using a standard hierarchy of
+Consortium -> System -> Branch -> Sublibrary/Bookmoblie.  A value of 1
+would cause the penalty to be ignored at the user's home organization
+unit, it's parent and/or immediate child.  A value of 2 should cause
+it to be ignored at the above as well as all sibling organizational
+units to the user's home.  In all cases, a value of zero causes the
+penalty to be ignored at the user's home and to apply at all other
+organizational units.  If the value of this field is left unset (or
+set to a negative value), the penalty will still take effect
+everywhere using the normal organizational unit and depth values.  If
+you use a custom hierarchy, you will need to figure out any values
+greater than 0 on your own.
+
+The ignore_proximity does not affect where penalties are applied. It
+is used when determining whether or not a penalty blocks an activity
+at the current organizational unit or the organizational unit that
+owns the copy involved in the current transaction.  For instance, if
+you set the ignore_proximity to 0 on patron exceeds overdue fines,
+then the patron will still be able to place holds on and checkout
+copies owned by their home organizational unit at their home
+organizational unit.  They will not, however, be able to receive
+copies form other organizational units, nor use other organizational
+units as a patron.