Adds a Thread.getIdent() method to provide the _get_ident() value for
any given threading.Thread object.  feature request issue 2871.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f8e2983..b378956 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 - Issue #2870: cmathmodule.c compile error.
 
+- Added a threading.Thread.getIdent() method.
+
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