Without this patch python will fail to start properly when the environment
variable MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is set on MacOSX and has a value that is
not compatible with the value during Python's build. This is caused by code
in sysconfig that was only meant to be used in disutils.

non-ASCII scripts. Open and write the script in binary mode, but ensure that
the shebang is decodable from UTF-8 and from the encoding of the script.

non-ASCII path (path to the Python executable). Open and write the script in
binary mode, but ensure that the shebang is decodable from UTF-8 and from the
encoding of the script.

longer fails if zlib is not installed. Instead, the zipfile.ZIP_STORED
compression is used to create the ZipFile. Patch by Natalia B. Bidart.

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The missing NEWS entries correspond to changes that were made before 3.1.3, but
I think it’s not usual to edit entries of released versions, so I put them at
the top.

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  r86236 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 03:44:43 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Make sure each test can be run standalone (./python Lib/distutils/tests/x.py)
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  r86240 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 05:11:59 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Prevent ResourceWarnings in test_gettext
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  r86332 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-08 19:15:17 +0100 (lun., 08 nov. 2010) | 4 lines

  Add missing NEWS entry for a fix committed by Senthil.

  All recent modifications to distutils should now be covered in NEWS.
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  r86340 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-08 22:48:23 +0100 (lun., 08 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  This was actually fixed for the previous alpha.
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  r87271 | eric.araujo | 2010-12-15 20:09:58 +0100 (mer., 15 déc. 2010) | 2 lines

  Improve trace documentation (#9264).  Patch by Eli Bendersky.
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  r87273 | eric.araujo | 2010-12-15 20:30:15 +0100 (mer., 15 déc. 2010) | 2 lines

  Use nested method directives, rewrap long lines, fix whitespace.
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  r87447 | eric.araujo | 2010-12-23 20:13:05 +0100 (jeu., 23 déc. 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix typo in superclass method name
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  r87280 | eric.araujo | 2010-12-15 22:07:22 +0100 (mer., 15 déc. 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix build_ext with VS 8.0.  Patch by Hirokazu Yamamoto (#9558).
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  r87277 | eric.araujo | 2010-12-15 21:26:30 +0100 (mer., 15 déc. 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix wrong name in docstring and doc (#10693).  Original patch by Eli Bendersky.
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  r86596 | ezio.melotti | 2010-11-20 21:04:17 +0200 (Sat, 20 Nov 2010) | 1 line

  #9424: Replace deprecated assert* methods in the Python test suite.
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  r86601 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-20 20:35:27 +0100 (sam., 20 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix two NameErrors in distutils (#10407)
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  r86605 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-20 20:37:28 +0100 (sam., 20 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Add entry for r86601
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  r86438 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-12 23:25:23 +0100 (ven., 12 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  And now for something completely different: Finish fixing #10252 again.
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  r86274 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 16:57:52 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Correct the fix for #10252: Popen objects have no close method.
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  r86276 | eric.araujo | 2010-11-06 19:03:52 +0100 (sam., 06 nov. 2010) | 2 lines

  Fix #10252 again (hopefully definitely).  Patch by Brian Curtin.
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