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 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1382163: Expose Subversion revision number to Python.  New C API
+  function Py_GetBuildNumber().  New attribute sys.build_number.  Build number
+  is now displayed in interactive prompt banner.
+
 - Implementation of PEP 341 - Unification of try/except and try/finally.
   "except" clauses can now be written together with a "finally" clause in
   one try statement instead of two nested ones.  Patch #1355913.