Issue #17606: Fixed support of encoded byte strings in the XMLGenerator
characters() and ignorableWhitespace() methods.  Original patch by Sebastian
Ortiz Vasquez.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 7f78dbd..37ed4ce 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
 Kyle VanderBeek
 Atul Varma
 Dmitry Vasiliev
+Sebastian Ortiz Vasquez
 Alexandre Vassalotti
 Frank Vercruesse
 Mike Verdone
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1602346..6cdf42b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #17606: Fixed support of encoded byte strings in the XMLGenerator
+ .characters() and ignorableWhitespace() methods.  Original patch by Sebastian
+  Ortiz Vasquez.
+
 - Issue #16601: Restarting iteration over tarfile no more continues from where
   it left off.  Patch by Michael Birtwell.