Add NEWS entry as per RDM's suggestion (the bug was actually present

in 2.7 alpha 1)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9cc7e82f6e9ca6afcaa7712ceeb94ad5472dd85e..c90b69f75ab89b1239ae9e79ec57c81ca77d422b 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 2?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #7466: segmentation fault when the garbage collector is called
+  in the middle of populating a tuple.  Patch by Florent Xicluna.
+
 Library
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