skip _locale test if OS X < 10.4
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5eb20ab..df0e16e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- test__locale is skipped on OS X < 10.4 (only partial locale support is
+present).
+
 - SF bug #893549: parsing keyword arguments was broken with a few format
   codes.