DOC: Fix tools and release notes to be more markdown compatible. #8424
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The release notes are rst, but they can be made more markdown compatible
to improve their appearance when posted on github for the releases. It
is not possible to achieve full compatibility, so pavement.py is also
changed so that two versions of the README file are generated by the
write_release_and_log command, a signed version that can be uploaded as
a binary file, and an md version whose content can be cut and pasted
into the release documentation window on github. The changes consist of
the following
*
for marking lists rather than-
.-
strings for underlining H2 headings.[ci skip]