#1343: Add short_empty_elements option to XMLGenerator.

Patch and tests by Neil Muller.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fa3725a..1889478 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
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+- Issue #1343: xml.sax.saxutils.XMLGenerator now has an option
+  short_empty_elements to direct it to use self-closing tags when appropriate.
+
 - Issue #9807 (part 1): Expose the ABI flags in sys.abiflags.  Add --abiflags
   switch to python-config for command line access.