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@@ -933,11 +933,13 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
a timeout was provided and the operation timed out.
(Contributed by Tim Lesher; :issue:`1674032`.)
-* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` module
- remains at version 5.1.0, but Python now uses it internally to
- determine which characters are numeric, whitespace, or represent
- line breaks. The database also now includes information from the
- :file:`Unihan.txt` data file. (Patch by Anders Chrigström
+* The Unicode database has been updated to the version 5.2.0.
+ (Updated by Florent Xicluna; :issue:`8024`.)
+
+* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` is used
+ internally to determine which characters are numeric, whitespace,
+ or represent line breaks. The database also now includes information
+ from the :file:`Unihan.txt` data file. (Patch by Anders Chrigström
and Amaury Forgeot d'Arc; :issue:`1571184`.)
* The :class:`UserDict` class is now a new-style class. (Changed by