* lib/webrick/httpresponse.rb: Allow #body to be an IO-like object

  that responds to #readpartial and #read.
  [ruby-trunk - Feature #8155]
* NEWS:  NEWS for above
* test/webrick/test_httpresponse.rb:  Tests for above.


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 * CGI::Util
   * All class methods modulized.
 
+* WEBrick
+  * The body of a response may now be a StringIO or other IO-like that responds
+    to #readpartial and #read.
+
 * XMLRPC::Client
   * New methods:
     * XMLRPC::Client#http. It returns Net::HTTP for the client. Normally,