random.sample() uses one of two algorithms depending on the ratio of the
sample size to the population size.  One of the algorithms accepted any
iterable population argument so long as it defined __len__().  The other
had a stronger requirement that the population argument be indexable.

While it met the documentation specifications which insisted that the
population argument be a sequence, it made random.sample() less usable
with sets.  So, the second algorithm was modified to coerce non-indexable
iterables and dictionaries into a tuple before proceeding.

for PDF generation

Fixes SF bug #520325.

  face of section re-ordering)
- fix minor markup nits for better presentation

with a \label

there's still a bug for the environment, but that's worked around in
this change as well

slice(5).__hash__() now raises a TypeError.

sides

that are left empty
fixes first of the problems reported in SF bug #727692

printed version for browsers that support "@media print" in CSS.

Fixes #603724. Will backport to 2.3.

Will backport to 2.2.

interpreters. Fixes #698282. Will backport to 2.3.

Will backport to 2.3.

The embed2.diff patch solves the user's problem by exporting the missing
symbols from the Python core so Python can be embedded in another Cygwin
application (well, at lest vim).

which still supports shared extensions. It takes advantage the latest
Cygwin binutils (i.e., 20030901-1) which can export symbols from
executables:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2003-09/msg00002.html

Additionally, it finally lays to rest the following mailing list
subthread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-May/102500.html

I tested the patch under Red Hat Linux 8.0 too

Will backport to 2.3.

Backport candidate.

quotes.  Fixes SF bug #794466, with the essential patch provided by
Stuart D. Gathman.  Specifically,

_parseparam(), _get_params_preserve(): Use the parsing function that
takes quotes into account, as given (essentially) in the bug report's
test program.

Backport candidate.

option is not given.  If dbfile isn't given and can't be retrieved
from the optionsdb, just initialize it to the first element in
RGB_TXT.

Backport candidate.

figure out what the code is doing