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+Fri Jul 20 11:03:17 2012  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
+
+	* NEWS:  Updated net/http for automatic proxy detection (#6546) and
+	  automatic gzip and deflate compression (#6492, #6494).
+
 Fri Jul 20 10:55:38 2012  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* lib/net/http.rb:  Net::HTTP now automatically detects and uses
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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       * Fiber#resume cannot resume a fiber which invokes "Fiber#transfer".
 
 * net/http
+  * new features:
+    * Proxies are now automatically detected from the http_proxy environment
+      variable.  See Net::HTTP::new for details.
+    * gzip and deflate compression are now requested for all requests by
+      default.  See Net::HTTP for details.
   * new methods:
     * Net::HTTP#local_host
     * Net::HTTP#local_host=