This was found by Guido AFAIK on p3yk (sic) branch.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3275c7a..7883c18 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 - Bug #1543303, patch #1543897: remove NUL padding from tarfiles.
 
 
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Fix bsddb test_basics.test06_Transactions to check the version
+  number properly.
+
+
 Documentation
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