Patch by Elvis Pranskevichus.

Initial patch by Larry Hastings.

Patch by Elvis Pranskevichus

It was very much outdated, and the topic is better covered elsewhere.

(About the only new feature that was worth mentioning in
whatsnew without a NEWS entry)

boolean result instead of raising an exception.

Patch by A Kaptur.

boolean result instead of raising an exception.

Patch by A Kaptur.

Patch from Tim Tisdall.

Moves distutils test import within skippable class.