From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:40:52 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add timeout mode.  Clarify gnu_getopt.
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Add timeout mode.  Clarify gnu_getopt.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2d710677b5a0..4523d3cfe055 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ Extension modules
 
 Library
 
-- getopt.gnu_getopt was added.
+- Sockets now support timeout mode.  After s.settimeout(T), where T is
+  a float expressing seconds, subsequent operations raise an exception
+  if they cannot be completed within T seconds.  To disable timeout
+  mode, use s.settimeout(None).
+
+- getopt.gnu_getopt was added.  This supports GNU-style option
+  processing, where options can be mixed with non-option arguments.
 
 - Stop using strings for exceptions.  String objects used for
   exceptions are now classes deriving from Exception.  The objects