Merged revisions 68112,68115,68120,68133,68141-68142,68145-68146,68148-68149 via svnmerge from

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  r68112 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 00:48:39 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  #4795 inspect.isgeneratorfunction() should return False instead of None
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  r68115 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 05:04:41 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  simplfy code
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  r68120 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-01 13:15:31 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 4 lines

  #4228: Pack negative values the same way as 2.4
  in struct's L format.
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  r68133 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-01-01 16:38:03 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fill in actual issue number in tests
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  r68141 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 17:43:12 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fix highlighting
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  r68142 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 18:29:49 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  welcome to 2009, Python!
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  r68145 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2009-01-02 01:03:54 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 5 lines

  #4801 _collections module fails to build on cygwin.

  _PyObject_GC_TRACK is the macro version of PyObject_GC_Track,
  and according to documentation it should not be used for extension modules.
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  r68146 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:44:46 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue4472: "configure --enable-shared doesn't work on OSX"
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  r68148 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:48:31 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Forgot to add a NEWS item in my previous checkin
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  r68149 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:50:48 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue4780
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1 files changed, 42 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2c59b00..c629722 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ Library
 - Issue 4790: The nsmallest() and nlargest() functions in the heapq module
   did unnecessary work in the common case where no key function was specified.
 
+- Issue #4795: inspect.isgeneratorfunction() returns False instead of None when
+  the function is not a generator.
+
 - Issue #4702: Throwing a DistutilsPlatformError instead of IOError in case 
   no MSVC compiler is found under Windows. Original patch by Philip Jenvey. 
 
@@ -197,6 +200,43 @@ Tools/Demos
 
 - Issue #4677: add two list comprehension tests to pybench.
 
+
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #4472: "configure --enable-shared" now works on OSX
+
+- Issues #4728 and #4060: WORDS_BIGEDIAN is now correct in Universal builds.
+
+- Issue #4389: Add icon to the uninstall entry in "add-and-remove-programs".
+
+- Issue #4289: Remove Cancel button from AdvancedDlg.
+
+- Issue #1656675: Register a drop handler for .py* files on Windows.
+
+- Issue #4120: Exclude manifest from extension modules in VS2008.
+
+- Issue #4091: Install pythonxy.dll in system32 again.
+
+- Issue #4018: Disable "for me" installations on Vista.
+
+- Issue #3758: Add ``patchcheck`` build target to .PHONY.
+
+- Issue #4204: Fixed module build errors on FreeBSD 4.
+
+
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Issue #4720: The format for PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords can begin with '|'.
+
+- Issue #3632: from the gdb debugger, the 'pyo' macro can now be called when
+  the GIL is released, or owned by another thread.
+
+- Issue #4122: On Windows, fix a compilation error when using the
+  Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE macro in an extension module.
+
+
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
@@ -206,6 +246,8 @@ Extension Modules
   or decompress several streams at once on multi-CPU systems. Also, the GIL
   is now released when computing the CRC of a large buffer. Patch by ebfe.
 
+- Issue #4228: Pack negative values the same way as 2.4 in struct's L format.
+
 - Issue #1040026: Fix os.times result on systems where HZ is incorrect.
 
 - Issues #3167, #3682: Fix test_math failures for log, log10 on Solaris,
@@ -215,9 +257,6 @@ Extension Modules
   has been exported, resulting in an interpreter crash when accessing the
   buffer.
 
-Build
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-
 
 Docs
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