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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.6?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #18603: Ensure that PyOS_mystricmp and PyOS_mystrnicmp are in the
+  Python executable and not removed by the linker's optimizer.
+
 - Issue #19279: UTF-7 decoder no more produces illegal unicode strings.
 
 - Issue #18739: Fix an inconsistency between math.log(n) and math.log(long(n));