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@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
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+- Bug #1238170: threading.Thread.__init__ no longer has "kwargs={}" as a
+  parameter, but uses the usual "kwargs=None".
+
 - textwrap now processes text chucks at O(n) speed instead of O(n**2).
   Patch #1209527 (Contributed by Connelly).