Add timeout mode. Clarify gnu_getopt.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2d71067..4523d3c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@
Library
-- getopt.gnu_getopt was added.
+- Sockets now support timeout mode. After s.settimeout(T), where T is
+ a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
+ if they cannot be completed within T seconds. To disable timeout
+ mode, use s.settimeout(None).
+
+- getopt.gnu_getopt was added. This supports GNU-style option
+ processing, where options can be mixed with non-option arguments.
- Stop using strings for exceptions. String objects used for
exceptions are now classes deriving from Exception. The objects