Add comment to Distutil files about requiring 1.5.2 compatibility, as

    suggested by PEP 291.

__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ used from a setup script as
    setup (...)
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 __version__ = "1.0.3"

archive_util.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Utility functions for creating archive files (tarballs, zip files,
 that sort of thing)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

bcppcompiler.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ for the Borland C++ compiler.
 # someone should sit down and factor out the common code as
 # WindowsCCompiler!  --GPW
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 

ccompiler.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Contains CCompiler, an abstract base class that defines the interface
 for the Distutils compiler abstraction model."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, re

cmd.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the Command class, the base class for the command classes
 in the distutils.command package.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re

command/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Package containing implementation of all the standard Distutils
 commands."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 __all__ = ['build',

command/bdist.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist' command (create a built [binary]
 distribution)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os, string

command/bdist_dumb.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'bdist_dumb' command (create a "dumb" built
 distribution -- i.e., just an archive to be unpacked under $prefix or
 $exec_prefix)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

command/bdist_rpm.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist_rpm' command (create RPM source and binary
 distributions)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

command/bdist_wininst.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist_wininst' command: create a windows installer
 exe-program."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

command/build.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os

command/build_clib.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'build_clib' command, to build a C/C++ library
 that is included in the module distribution and needed by an extension
 module."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 

command/build_ext.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'build_ext' command, for building extension
 modules (currently limited to C extensions, should accommodate C++
 extensions ASAP)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re

command/build_py.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build_py' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, string, os

command/build_scripts.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build_scripts' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, re

command/clean.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'clean' command."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@cs.uni-sb.de>, added 2000-03-18
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

command/config.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ configure-like tasks: "try to compile this C code", or "figure out where
 this header file lives".
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re

command/install.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'install' command."""
 
 from distutils import log
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

command/install_data.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ platform-independent data files."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

command/install_headers.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'install_headers' command, to install C/C++ header
 files to the Python include directory."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

command/install_lib.py

+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

command/install_scripts.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Python scripts."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

command/sdist.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'sdist' command (create a source distribution)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

core.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ indirectly provides the Distribution and Command classes, although they are
 really defined in distutils.dist and distutils.cmd.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os

cygwinccompiler.py

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ cygwin in no-cygwin mode).
 #     in the dlls.
 #   *** only the version of June 2000 shows these problems
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os,sys,copy

debug.py

 import os
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
+__revision__ = "$Id$"
+
 # If DISTUTILS_DEBUG is anything other than the empty string, we run in
 # debug mode.
 DEBUG = os.environ.get('DISTUTILS_DEBUG')

dep_util.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Utility functions for simple, timestamp-based dependency of files
 and groups of files; also, function based entirely on such
 timestamp dependency analysis."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

dir_util.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Utility functions for manipulating directories and directory trees."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

dist.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the Distribution class, which represents the module distribution
 being built/installed/distributed.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re

errors.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ usually raised for errors that are obviously the end-user's fault
 This module is safe to use in "from ... import *" mode; it only exports
 symbols whose names start with "Distutils" and end with "Error"."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 class DistutilsError (Exception):

fancy_getopt.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ additional features:
   * options set attributes of a passed-in object
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, string, re

file_util.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Utility functions for operating on single files.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os

filelist.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the FileList class, used for poking about the filesystem
 and building lists of files.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os, string, re

log.py

 """A simple log mechanism styled after PEP 282."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 # The class here is styled after PEP 282 so that it could later be
 # replaced with a standard Python logging implementation.
 

msvccompiler.py

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 Contains MSVCCompiler, an implementation of the abstract CCompiler class
 for the Microsoft Visual Studio."""
 
-
 # Written by Perry Stoll
 # hacked by Robin Becker and Thomas Heller to do a better job of
 #   finding DevStudio (through the registry)
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string

mwerkscompiler.py

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Contains MWerksCompiler, an implementation of the abstract CCompiler class
 for MetroWerks CodeWarrior on the Macintosh. Needs work to support CW on
 Windows."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
+__revision__ = "$Id$"
+
 import sys, os, string
 from types import *
 from distutils.errors import \

spawn.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Also provides the 'find_executable()' to search the path for a given
 executable name.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string