Issue #1646: Make socket support TIPC. The socket module now has support
for TIPC under Linux, see http://tipc.sf.net/ for more information.
Thanks to Alberto Bertogli for the patch
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4732113..3896dd8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #1646: Make socket support the TIPC protocol.
+
 - Bug #1742: return os.curdir from os.path.relpath() if both arguments are
   equal instead of raising an exception.
 
@@ -927,6 +929,9 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1646: Make socket support TIPC. The socket module now has support
+  for TIPC under Linux, see http://tipc.sf.net/ for more information.
+
 - Added interface for Windows' WSAIoctl to socket object and added an example
   for a simple network sniffer.