alias macintosh to mac_roman #843590
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3512e86..019cd4b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
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+- Issue #843590: Make "macintosh" an alias to the "mac_roman" encoding.
+
 - Create os.fsdecode(): decode from the filesystem encoding with
   surrogateescape error handler, or strict error handler on Windows.