fix issue #2944: asyncore doesn't handle connection refused correctly (patch by Alexander Shigin)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 545ef74..dd5252c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
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+- Issue #2944: asyncore doesn't handle connection refused correctly.
+
 - Issue #3196: email header decoding is now forgiving if an RFC2047
   encoded word encoded in base64 is lacking padding.