glob.glob("k:*py") (i.e., a raw drive letter + colon at the start) were
using the root of the drive rather than the expected Windows behavior
of using the drive's "current directory".

directory less tedious.

from Tk.readprofile(), do not print anything extra to stdout, just run
the code.

         created.  This allows the application-specific Tkinter
         initialization to be executed if present.  Also pass an explicit
         className parameter to the Tk() constructor.

This closes SourceForge bug #110618.

for authenticated proxies.  This is noted elsewhere, but this makes it
easier to find.

Fix typo where it was already mentioned.

This closes SourceForge bug #110619.

layer.  If that is available, consider that as an option as well.

the sometimes inappropriate warning about where we're installing data files.

  of globals from sysconfig.
Added 'prefix' and 'exec_prefix' to the list of variables that can be
  expanded in installation directories (preserving the stupid old names
  of 'sys_prefix' and 'sys_exec_prefix, though).

of globals from sysconfig.

POSIX platforms, ie. get a little more detail than 'sys.platform' gives.

all that work when someone asks for a "configuration variable" from the
Makefile.  Details:
  - added 'get_config_vars()': responsible for calling one of the
    '_init_*()' functions to figure things out for this platform,
    and to provide an interface to the resulting dictionary
  - added 'get_config_var()' as a simple interface to the dictionary
    loaded by 'get_config_vars()'
  - changed the '_init_*()' functions so they load the global dictionary
    '_config_vars', rather than spewing their findings all over
    the module namespace
  - don't delete the '_init_*()' functions when done importing
  - adjusted 'customize_compiler()' to the new regime

comments are stripped and lines are joined according to the backslash
convention.

directory.  This avoids acretion of HTML from previous runs which may
have a new name; this would have avoided a lot of the packaging problems
related to changing labels from the old distutils documentation.

secure.  Suggested by Erno Kuusela <erno@iki.fi>.

Changed the stackless note.

Added a note about getting CarbonLib as a way to get a new Appearance/NavServices. Added Luc Lefebvre to the thanks-list.

Fixes that should make it possible to run Python on machines without NavServices installed. Also weak-linked OT libraries so Python can run with extensions disabled.

Minor fix in documentation of code module.
(Clarifies output destination for default implementation of the write()
method.)

ignoring them; e.g. Zope sometimes returns 13497L

is gone.

Make a module reference into a hyperlink.

This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.

Fix the release number -- this is supposed to be the *Python* release,
not the documentation release!  The later is given by the combination of
the Python release number and the date.  Add a comment so I can keep it
straight.

This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.

do_cmd_setshortversion():  Implementation for new markup.

convert_args():  New helper function.

do_cmd_optional():  Modified to understand when it is called from within
                    a convert_args() invocation.

do_env_funcdesc(),
do_env_funcdescni(),
do_cmd_funcline(),
do_cmd_funclineni(),
handle_classlike_descriptor(),
do_env_methoddesc(),
do_end_methoddescni(),
do_cmd_methodline(),
do_cmd_methodlineni():  Modified to use helper convert_args().

The convert_args() helper and related changes fix the generation of HTML
for the \optional markup, so that bogus </var>...<var> is not generated.
This closes SourceForge bug #113800.

\setshortversion:  New markup to help deal with Python having a "real"
                   version number and an abbreviated version number
                   used to create pathnames to the library installation.

This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.

This partially addresses SourceForge bug #114318.

%-formatting of strings.

character according to RFC 2396. Add some text to quote doc string
that explains the quoting rules better.

This closes SF Bug #114427.

Add _fast_quote operation that uses a dictionary instead of a list
when the standard set of safe characters is used.

This allows dbmmodule.c to use either without having to add additional
options to the Modules/Setup file or make source changes.

(At least some Linux systems use gdbm to emulate ndbm, but only install
the ndbm.h header as /usr/include/gdbm/ndbm.h.)

mailbox.py (from the CVS tree) doesn't work with qmail Maildirs:
Filenames are completed when the directories are scanned, and
the directory name is prepended again in the next() method.

Another suggestion: Change the print statement in the _test()
driver to show two more date characters (probably the length
has increased due to the recent Y2K hype ;). Now it shows the
complete date, including the seconds -- at least for me. (I've
also made the sender field left justified, in case it is ever
shorter than the field width).

Added _winreg to the non-required modules.