Fix SF bug 546434 -- buffer slice type inconsistent.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 99c3547..9fb542d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
Core and builtins
+- Slices and repetitions of buffer objects now consistently return
+ a string. Formerly, strings would be returned most of the time,
+ but a buffer object would be returned when the repetition count
+ was one or when the slice range was all inclusive.
+
- The __slots__ variable can now mention "private" names, and the
right thing will happen (e.g. __slots__ = ["__foo"]).