wip address PR comments and a few odds-n-ends

Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <[email protected]>

Author: jsquyres

.gitignore

@@ -698,5 +698,7 @@ docs/_build
 docs/_static
 docs/_static/css/custom.css
 docs/_templates
+
+# Common virtual environment directory names
 docs/venv
 docs/py??

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 The NEWS file has moved.  Please see the NEWS in its new location:
 
-    https://ompi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/news/
+    https://ompi.readthedocs.io/
+    (select the desired version and navigate to the "News" section)
 
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