Add a changelog entry

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+ * `ERC721`: made `_approve` an internal function (was private).
+
 ## 3.4.0 (2021-02-02)
 
  * `BeaconProxy`: added new kind of proxy that allows simultaneous atomic upgrades. ([#2411](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/2411))

contracts/token/ERC721/ERC721.sol

@@ -449,7 +449,12 @@ contract ERC721 is Context, ERC165, IERC721, IERC721Metadata, IERC721Enumerable
         return (retval == _ERC721_RECEIVED);
     }
 
-    function _approve(address to, uint256 tokenId) private {
+    /**
+     * @dev Approve `to` to operate on `tokenId`
+     *
+     * Emits an {Approval} event.
+     */
+    function _approve(address to, uint256 tokenId) internal virtual {
         _tokenApprovals[tokenId] = to;
         emit Approval(ERC721.ownerOf(tokenId), to, tokenId); // internal owner
     }