News about the repaired memory leak in defaultdict.

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@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Library
 Extension Modules
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+- The ``__reduce__()`` method of the new ``collections.defaultdict`` had
+  a memory leak, affecting pickles and deep copies.
+
 - Bug #1471938: Fix curses module build problem on Solaris 8; patch by
   Paul Eggert.