#2234 distutils failed with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109.
Be less strict when parsing these version numbers,
they don't necessarily follow the python numbering scheme.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7a0838e..1792d76 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
Library
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+- Issue #2234: distutils failed for some versions of the cygwin compiler. The
+ version reported by these tools does not necessarily follow the python
+ version numbering scheme, so the module is less strict when parsing it.
+
- Issue #2235: Added Py3k warnings for types which will become unhashable
under the stricter __hash__ inheritance rules in 3.0. Several types
which did not meet the rules for hash invariants and were already