Issue #8949: "z" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions doesn't accept bytes
objects, as described in the documentation.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2c6083d..46583e9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #8949: "z" format of PyArg_Parse*() functions doesn't accept bytes
+  objects, as described in the documentation.
+
 - Issue #6543: Write the traceback in the terminal encoding instead of utf-8.
   Fix the encoding of the modules filename. Patch written by Amaury Forgeot
   d'Arc.