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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.8.7
 
 - Accept empty params as `~psycopg2.connect()` (:ticket:`#1250`).
 - Fix attributes refcount in `Column` initialisation (:ticket:`#1252`).
+- Allow re-initialisation of static variables in the C module (:ticket:`#1267`).
 
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.6