Revert "eh let's just nuke all the news and changelogs"

This reverts commit 29090a703fa49941a561419be4cc086c367ea536.
Revert "swept out changelogs"

This reverts commit 07e615ebc81e9636dfe97da16e34b689c5e25405.
Revert "removed vcursor"

This reverts commit a6768b4b3b400204c75c51332967ac9d9bb4e1a6.
Revert "regenerated"

This reverts commit f9f1cc77b1b1d37b00da25ea7484e67aff885ba9.