#4048 make the parser module accept relative imports as valid
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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--- a/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 Steven Bethard
 Stephen Bevan
 Ron Bickers
+David Binger
 Dominic Binks
 Philippe Biondi
 Stuart Bishop
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 234a15d..8dd9ffb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #4048: The parser module now correctly validates relative imports.
+
 - Issue #4225: ``from __future__ import unicode_literals`` didn't work in an
   exec statement.