Thank Jason Tishler and Steven Majewski for their help in the Cygwin and
MacOS X ports. Change section header to beta 1.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 34fd4b1..6950ec1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 509?
-===================================
+What's New in Python 2.1 beta 1?
+================================
Core language, builtins, and interpreter
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@
- Build: Subproject _test (effectively) renamed to _testcapi.
+New platforms
+
+- 2.1 should compile and run out of the box under MacOS X, even using HFS+.
+ Thanks to Steven Majewski!
+
+- 2.1 should compile and run out of the box on Cygwin. Thanks to Jason
+ Tishler!
+
What's New in Python 2.1 alpha 2?
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