Issue #17606: Fixed support of encoded byte strings in the XMLGenerator
characters() and ignorableWhitespace() methods.  Original patch by Sebastian
Ortiz Vasquez.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 47b354d..1b4940e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@
 Andrew Vant
 Atul Varma
 Dmitry Vasiliev
+Sebastian Ortiz Vasquez
 Alexandre Vassalotti
 Nadeem Vawda
 Frank Vercruesse
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0d7700f..af14f93 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #17606: Fixed support of encoded byte strings in the XMLGenerator
+ .characters() and ignorableWhitespace() methods.  Original patch by Sebastian
+  Ortiz Vasquez.
+
 - Issue #17732: Ignore distutils.cfg options pertaining to install paths if a
   virtual environment is active.