Issue #11849: Make it more likely for the system allocator to release
free()d memory arenas on glibc-based systems.  Patch by Charles-François
Natali.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ab7eefd..f8f90d0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #11849: Make it more likely for the system allocator to release
+  free()d memory arenas on glibc-based systems.  Patch by Charles-François
+  Natali.
+
 - Issue #9756: When calling a method descriptor or a slot wrapper descriptor,
   the check of the object type doesn't read the __class__ attribute anymore.
   Fix a crash if a class override its __class__ attribute (e.g. a proxy of the