2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cfaf7d6..782fcd1 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ Eric Huss
 Jeremy Hylton
 Mihai Ibanescu
 Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
+Lars Immisch
 Tony Ingraldi
 John Interrante
 Bob Ippolito
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 58fa750..c9b4e23 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch 1046644: distutils build_ext grew two new options - --swig for
+  specifying the swig executable to use, and --swig-opts to specify 
+  options to pass to swig. --swig-opts="-c++" is the new way to spell
+  --swig-cpp.
+
 - Patch 983206: distutils now obeys environment variable LDSHARED, if
   it is set.