it now checks for the \envvar{CC}, \envvar{CFLAGS}, \envvar{CPP},
\envvar{LDFLAGS}, and \envvar{CPPFLAGS} environment variables, using
them to override the settings in Python's configuration (contributed
-by Robert Weber); the \function{get_distutils_option()} method lists
+by Robert Weber); the \function{get_distutils_options()} method lists
recently-added extensions to Distutils.
\item The \module{getopt} module gained a new function,
\module{posix} module that underlies the \module{os} module.
(Contributed by Gustavo Niemeyer and Geert Jansen.)
+\item The old and never-documented \module{linuxaudiodev} module has
+been renamed to \module{ossaudiodev}, because the OSS sound drivers
+can be used on platforms other than Linux. The interface has also
+been tidied and brought up to date in various ways. (Contributed by
+Greg Ward.)
+
\item The parser objects provided by the \module{pyexpat} module
can now optionally buffer character data, resulting in fewer calls to
your character data handler and therefore faster performance. Setting