Add NEWS entry for 3.1.2 and move all entries after 3.1.1 to the new entry.

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(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
What's New in Python 3.1.1?
What's New in Python 3.1.2?
===========================
*Release date: 2009-08-13*
*Release date: 20xx-xx-xx*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
@ -17,6 +17,64 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #6750: A text file opened with io.open() could duplicate its output
when writing from multiple threads at the same time.
Library
-------
- Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.
- Issue #6795: int(Decimal('nan')) now raises ValueError instead of
returning NaN or raising InvalidContext. Also, fix infinite recursion
in long(Decimal('nan')).
- Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
with no type specifier.
- Issue #6239: ctypes.c_char_p return value must return bytes.
- Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of
repeatedly concatenating strings in http.client's
HTTPResponse._read_chunked providing a significant speed increase
when downloading large files servend with a Transfer-Encoding of 'chunked'.
- Have importlib raise ImportError if None is found in sys.modules for a
module.
- Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.
- Issue #6163: Fixed HP-UX runtime library dir options in
distutils.unixcompiler. Initial patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar and
Michael Haubenwallner.
Extension Modules
-----------------
- Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6.
Build
-----
- Issue #6802: Fix build issues on MacOSX 10.6
- Issue #6801 : symmetric_difference_update also accepts |.
Thanks to Carl Chenet.
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
for Windows.
What's New in Python 3.1.1?
===========================
*Release date: 2009-08-13*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
- Issue #6707: dir() on an uninitialized module caused a crash.
- Issue #6540: Fixed crash for bytearray.translate() with invalid parameters.
@ -52,28 +110,6 @@ C-API
Library
-------
- Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.
- Issue #6795: int(Decimal('nan')) now raises ValueError instead of
returning NaN or raising InvalidContext. Also, fix infinite recursion
in long(Decimal('nan')).
- Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
with no type specifier.
- Issue #6239: ctypes.c_char_p return value must return bytes.
- Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of
repeatedly concatenating strings in http.client's
HTTPResponse._read_chunked providing a significant speed increase
when downloading large files servend with a Transfer-Encoding of 'chunked'.
- Have importlib raise ImportError if None is found in sys.modules for a
module.
- Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.
- Issue #6106: telnetlib.Telnet.process_rawq doesn't handle default WILL/WONT
DO/DONT correctly.
@ -134,8 +170,6 @@ syntax error.
Extension Modules
-----------------
- Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6.
- Fix a segfault in expat.
- Issue #4509: array.array objects are no longer modified after an operation
@ -145,20 +179,12 @@ Extension Modules
Build
-----
- Issue #6802: Fix build issues on MacOSX 10.6
- Issue 4601: 'make install' did not set the appropriate permissions on
directories.
- Issue 5390: Add uninstall icon independent of whether file
extensions are installed.
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
for Windows.
Test
----
@ -985,10 +1011,6 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
- Issue #6163: Fixed HP-UX runtime library dir options in
distutils.unixcompiler. Initial patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar and
Michael Haubenwallner.
- Issue #6545: Removed assert statements in distutils.Extension, so the
behavior is similar when used with -O.
@ -1488,9 +1510,6 @@ Build
- Issue #4204: Fixed module build errors on FreeBSD 4.
- Issue #6801 : symmetric_difference_update also accepts |.
Thanks to Carl Chenet.
C-API
-----