Backport PEP 3110's new 'except' syntax to 2.6.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fabd5f4..83f3da1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- except clauses may now be spelled either "except E, target:" or
+  "except E as target:". This is to provide forwards compatibility with
+  Python 3.0.
+
 - Deprecate BaseException.message as per PEP 352.
 
 - Bug #1303614: don't expose object's __dict__ when the dict is