merge 3.1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c530cd8..bacd1b7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -490,6 +490,9 @@
 
 - Add sys.flags attribute for the new -q command-line option.
 
+- Issue #11506: Trying to assign to a bytes literal should result in a
+  SyntaxError.
+
 Library
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