Add news item about change in encodings search function.

2004-01-20 18:24:34 +00:00 · 2004-01-20 18:24:34 +00:00 · 57cb68fe93
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@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ Extension modules
 Library
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+- The encodings package will now applies codec name aliases
+  first before starting to try the import of the codec module.
+  This simplifies overriding built-in codecs with external
+  packages, e.g. the included CJK codecs with the JapaneseCodecs
+  package, by adjusting the aliases dictionary in encodings.aliases
+  accordingly.
+
 - base64 now supports RFC 3548 Base16, Base32, and Base64 encoding and
  decoding standards.