Patch #430706: Persistent connections in BaseHTTPServer.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0b8b342..fe07def 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 
 Library
 
+- The BaseHTTPServer implements now optionally HTTP/1.1 persistent
+  connections.
+
 - socket module: the SSL support was broken out of the main
   _socket module C helper and placed into a new _ssl helper
   which now gets imported by socket.py if available and working.