2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 7715730..f32b46b 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ Nick Maclaren
 Don MacMillen
 Steve Majewski
 Grzegorz Makarewicz
+Dave Malcolm
 Ken Manheimer
 Vladimir Marangozov
 David Marek
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2ce6070..51dae2a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7187: Importlib would not silence the IOError raised when trying to
+  write new bytecode when it was made read-only.
+
 - Issue #7264: Fix a possible deadlock when deallocating thread-local objects
   which are part of a reference cycle.