Updates for distutils package.

Doc/lib/mimelib.tex

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 \title{email Package Reference}
 \author{Barry Warsaw}
-\authoraddress{\email{barry@zope.com}}
+\authoraddress{\email{barry@python.org}}
 
 \date{\today}
 \release{2.5}			% software release, not documentation
@@ -38,19 +38,12 @@ The \module{email} package provides classes and utilities to create,
 parse, generate, and modify email messages, conforming to all the
 relevant email and MIME related RFCs.
 
-This document describes the current version of the \module{email}
-package, which is available to Python programmers in a number of ways.
-Python 2.2.2 and 2.3 come with \module{email} version 2, while earlier
-versions of Python 2.2.x come with \module{email} version 1.  Python
-2.1.x and earlier do not come with any version of the \module{email}
-package.
-
-The \module{email} package is also available as a standalone distutils
-package, and is compatible with Python 2.1.3 and beyond.  Thus, if
-you're using Python 2.1.3 you can download the standalone package and
-install it in your \file{site-packages} directory.  The standalone
-\module{email} package is available on the
-\ulink{SourceForge \module{mimelib} project}{http://mimelib.sf.net}.
+This document describes version 3.0 of the \module{email} package, which is
+distributed with Python 2.4 and is availble as a standalone distutils-based
+package for use with Python 2.3.  \module{email} 3.0 is not compatible with
+Python versions earlier than 2.3.  For more information about the
+\module{email} package, including download links and mailing lists, see
+\ulink{Python's email SIG}{http://www.python.org/sigs/email-sig}.
 
 The documentation that follows was written for the Python project, so
 if you're reading this as part of the standalone \module{email}
@@ -58,28 +51,7 @@ package documentation, there are a few notes to be aware of:
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item Deprecation and ``version added'' notes are relative to the
-      Python version a feature was added or deprecated.  To find out
-      what version of the \module{email} package a particular item was
-      added, changed, or removed, refer to the package's
-      \ulink{\file{NEWS} file}{http://cvs.sf.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/mimelib/mimelib/NEWS?rev=1.36&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup}.
-
-\item The code samples are written with Python 2.2 in mind.  For
-      Python 2.1.3, some adjustments are necessary.  For example, this
-      code snippet;
-
-      \begin{verbatim}
-      if isinstance(s, str):
-          # ...
-      \end{verbatim}
-
-      would need to be written this way in Python 2.1.3:
-
-      \begin{verbatim}
-      from types import StringType
-      # ...
-      if isinstance(s, StringType):
-          # ...
-      \end{verbatim}
+      Python version a feature was added or deprecated.
 
 \item If you're reading this documentation as part of the
       standalone \module{email} package, some of the internal links to