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@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- Issue #9003: http.client.HTTPSConnection, urllib.request.HTTPSHandler and
+  urllib.request.urlopen now take optional arguments to allow for
+  server certificate checking, as recommended in public uses of HTTPS.
+
 - Issue #6612: Fix site and sysconfig to catch os.getcwd() error, eg. if the
   current directory was deleted. Patch written by W. Trevor King.