Patch 473512: add GNU style scanning as gnu_getopt.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 86af693..a19f796 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
Ross Andrus
Jason Asbahr
David Ascher
+Peter Åstrand
John Aycock
Donovan Baarda
Alfonso Baciero
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ce2b09a..2d71067 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@
Library
+- getopt.gnu_getopt was added.
+
- Stop using strings for exceptions. String objects used for
exceptions are now classes deriving from Exception. The objects
changed were: Tkinter.TclError, bdb.BdbQuit, macpath.norm_error,