More bsddb-on-Windows fiddling:

+ News blurb, but as much XXX as news.
+ Updated installer (install the new bsddb package, and the Berkeley DLL;
  still don't know how to fold that into _bsddb.pyd).
+ Fleshed out build instructions.
+ Debug Python still blows up.

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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5ee4a923e2..b2489708fd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -807,6 +807,14 @@ Yet to be written.
 Windows
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+- The Windows distribution now ships with version 4.0.14 of the
+  Sleepycat Berkeley database library.  This should be a huge
+  improvement over the previous Berkeley DB 1.85, which had many
+  bugs.
+  XXX What are the licensing issues here?
+  XXX The debug Python still blows up (see PCbuild/readme.txt).
+  XXX The version # is likely to change before 2.3a1.
+
 - The Windows distribution now ships with Tcl/Tk version 8.4.1 (it
   previously shipped with Tcl/Tk 8.3.2).