Revert regression from r81256 (with release manager approval, see #8688)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ec1256a..1ffcb49 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8688: Revert regression introduced in 2.6.6rc1 (making Distutils
+  recalculate MANIFEST every time).
+
 - Issue #5798: Handle select.poll flag oddities properly on OS X.
   This fixes test_asynchat and test_smtplib failures on OS X.