Gave the main NEWS file its own IDLE section, and populated it with a

blurb about ZoneAlarm (etc) nags.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b645b4ea7814af7a1ecec017bf84f1f3b8c00d04..f62bb443a48442308b6fddc3819fc2ae0534821a 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -41,10 +41,20 @@ Library
   was needed to actually fix the problem, the cache code was not
   restored.
 
-Tools/Demos
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+IDLE
+----
 
-- Calltips patches in IDLE.
+- IDLE displays a new message upon startup:  some "personal firewall"
+  kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their
+  own when any program opens a socket.  IDLE does use sockets, talking
+  on the computer's internal loopback interface.  This connection is not
+  visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received
+  from the Internet.  So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE,
+  asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes,
+  and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking
+  place.  If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start.
+
+- Calltips patches.
 
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