[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

> As of now the patchcheck utility adds a notice to modify Misc/NEWS for every patch.
Patchcheck truthfully reports whether /docs, ACKS, and NEWS have been modified. I do not read it as saying anything about whether they *should* be updated.  For Docs and NEWS, *should* is a judgement call for core devs, which would be very hard to automate.  The only remotely simple check would be whether a NEWS item contains a name not in ACKS, and even that is only a suggestion.  So lets leave it alone.

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resolution:  -> rejected
stage: needs patch -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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