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@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ Extensions
 Library
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+- Issue #8990: array.fromstring() and array.tostring() get renamed to
+  frombytes() and tobytes(), respectively, to avoid confusion.  Furthermore,
+  array.frombytes(), array.extend() as well as the array.array()
+  constructor now accept bytearray objects.  Patch by Thomas Jollans.
+
 - Issue #808164: Fixed socket.close to avoid references to globals, to
   avoid issues when socket.close is called from a __del__ method.