Patch #954115: Fix os.stat handling of UNC roots.
Will backport to 2.3.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 33bfc43..15630a3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
 Extension modules
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+- nt now properly allows to refer to UNC roots, e.g. in nt.stat().
+
 - the weakref module now supports additional objects:  array.array,
   sre.pattern_objects, file objects, and sockets.