Bug/Patch #1481770: Use .so extension for shared libraries on HP-UX for ia64.

I suppose this could be backported if anyone cares.

I suppose this could be backported if anyone cares.

if a continue inside a try failed.

Changed status from "beta" to "production"; since logging has been part of the stdlib since 2.3, it should be safe to make this assertion ;-)

strings and removes a possible "U" before passing the mode to the
C library function.

(fixes #1484793).

and several features added, such as speed and geometry control.

Resolves #1484758.

Remove a sentence that says that BaseException inherits from BaseException.
(I guess this is just a copy & paste mistake.)

The PyPI upload material has been moved into the section on PEP314.

copy() method.

  on some OSX installation, but its header file is not.
Will backport to 2.4

the Windows buildbots fail test_tarfile.

the file object in binary mode.

The Windows buildbot slaves shouldn't swap themselves to death
anymore.  However, test_tarfile may still fail because of a
temp directory left behind from a previous failing run.
Windows buildbot owners may need to remove that directory
by hand.

Change __str__() functions to METH_O.
Change WindowsError__str__ to use PyTuple_Pack.

Most of the test_syntax changes are just updating the numbers.