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 Library
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+- Bug #1290505: time.strptime's internal cache of locale information is now
+  properly recreated when the locale is changed.
+
 - Patch #1685563: remove (don't add) duplicate paths in distutils.MSVCCompiler.
 
 - Added a timeout parameter to the constructor of other protocols