#1663329: add os.closerange() to close a range of fds,
ignoring errors, and use this in subprocess to speed up
subprocess creation in close_fds mode. Patch by Mike Klaas.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fdf1e86..f7c7aac 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- Patch #1663329: added ``os.closerange()`` function to quickly close a range
+ of file descriptors without considering errors.
+
- Patch 976880: ``mmap`` objects now have an ``rfind`` method that
works as expected. ``mmap.find`` also takes an optional ``end``
parameter.