Bug #1675967: re patterns pickled with older Python versions can
now be unpickled.
(backport form rev. 54492)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 19b8f1c..e526ac3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Bug #1675967: re patterns pickled with Python 2.4 and earlier can
+ now be unpickled with Python 2.5.
+
- Bug #1684254: webbrowser now uses shlex to split any command lines
given to get(). It also detects when you use '&' as the last argument
and creates a BackgroundBrowser then.