Issue #29326: Ignores blank lines in ._pth files (Patch by Alexey Izbyshev)
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 31e4df1..ad5fc22 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@
 Bob Ippolito
 Roger Irwin
 Atsuo Ishimoto
+Alexey Izbyshev
 Kasia Jachim
 Adam Jackson
 Ben Jackson
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b3947a1..1ee289f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
 Windows
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+- Issue #29326: Ignores blank lines in ._pth files (Patch by Alexey Izbyshev)
+
 - Issue #28164: Correctly handle special console filenames (patch by Eryk Sun)
 
 - Issue #29409: Implement PEP 529 for io.FileIO (Patch by Eryk Sun)