diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore
index e694246..d5d4e77 100644
--- a/.bzrignore
+++ b/.bzrignore
@@ -41,7 +41,5 @@
 Modules/config.c
 Parser/pgen
 Lib/plat-mac/errors.rsrc.df.rsrc
-Lib/lib2to3/Grammar2.6.0.alpha.1.pickle
-Lib/lib2to3/Grammar2.6.0.alpha.2.pickle
-Lib/lib2to3/PatternGrammar2.6.0.alpha.1.pickle
-Lib/lib2to3/PatternGrammar2.6.0.alpha.2.pickle
+Lib/lib2to3/Grammar*.pickle
+Lib/lib2to3/PatternGrammar*.pickle
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 55e007a..951474f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@
 .. function:: strerror(code)
 
    Return the error message corresponding to the error code in *code*.
-   Availability: Unix, Windows.
+   On platforms where :cfunc:`strerror` returns ``NULL`` when given an unknown
+   error number, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.  Availability: Unix, Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: umask(mask)
diff --git a/Doc/library/othergui.rst b/Doc/library/othergui.rst
index ab4efdb..2d4ea37 100644
--- a/Doc/library/othergui.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/othergui.rst
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@
       <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932394621>`_, by Noel Rappin and
       Robin Dunn.
 
-PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and far more
-widgets and better documentation than Tkinter. In addition,
-there are many other GUI toolkits for Python, both cross-platform, and
-platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
+PyGTK, PyQt, and wxPython, all have a modern look and feel and more
+widgets than Tkinter. In addition, there are many other GUI toolkits for 
+Python, both cross-platform, and platform-specific. See the `GUI Programming
 <http://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming>`_ page in the Python Wiki for a
 much more complete list, and also for links to documents where the
 different GUI toolkits are compared.
diff --git a/Doc/library/rlcompleter.rst b/Doc/library/rlcompleter.rst
index cec1e86..01efb03 100644
--- a/Doc/library/rlcompleter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/rlcompleter.rst
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@
    If called for a dotted name, it will try to evaluate anything without obvious
    side-effects (functions will not be evaluated, but it can generate calls to
    :meth:`__getattr__`) up to the last part, and find matches for the rest via the
-   :func:`dir` function.
+   :func:`dir` function.  Any exception raised during the evaluation of the 
+   expression is caught, silenced and :const:`None` is returned.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/tk.rst b/Doc/library/tk.rst
index 8451f6d..944687b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tk.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tk.rst
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
 
 :mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
-bundled with Python. Although it has been used to create some very good
-applications, including IDLE, its standard documentation is weak (but there
-are some good books and tutorials), and it has an outdated look and
-feel. For more modern, better documented, and much more extensive GUI
-libraries, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
+bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good 
+material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and 
+others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel, 
+which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other 
+GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about 
+alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
 
 .. toctree::
    
diff --git a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
index 8972c06..82383bf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipimport.rst
@@ -59,17 +59,14 @@
 
 .. class:: zipimporter(archivepath)
 
-   Create a new zipimporter instance. *archivepath* must be a path to a ZIP file.
+   Create a new zipimporter instance. *archivepath* must be a path to a ZIP
+   file, or to a specific path within a ZIP file.  For example, an *archivepath*
+   of :file:`foo/bar.zip/lib` will look for modules in the :file:`lib` directory
+   inside the ZIP file :file:`foo/bar.zip` (provided that it exists).
+
    :exc:`ZipImportError` is raised if *archivepath* doesn't point to a valid ZIP
    archive.
 
-   *archivepath* can also contain a path within the ZIP file -- the importer
-   object will then look under that path instead of the ZIP file root.  For
-   example, an *archivepath* of :file:`foo/bar.zip/lib` will look for modules
-   in the :file:`lib` directory inside the ZIP file :file:`foo/bar.zip`
-   (provided that it exists).
-
-
    .. method:: find_module(fullname[, path])
 
       Search for a module specified by *fullname*. *fullname* must be the fully
@@ -114,13 +111,19 @@
 
    .. attribute:: archive
 
-      The file name of the importer's associated ZIP file.
+      The file name of the importer's associated ZIP file, without a possible
+      subpath.
 
 
    .. attribute:: prefix
 
-      The path within the ZIP file where modules are searched; see
-      :class:`zipimporter` for details.
+      The subpath within the ZIP file where modules are searched.  This is the
+      empty string for zipimporter objects which point to the root of the ZIP
+      file.
+
+   The :attr:`archive` and :attr:`prefix` attributes, when combined with a
+   slash, equal the original *archivepath* argument given to the
+   :class:`zipimporter` constructor.
 
 
 .. _zipimport-examples:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
index 81459ac..dd07735 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_dist.py
@@ -213,9 +213,10 @@
             # win32-style
             if sys.platform == 'win32':
                 # home drive should be found
-                os.environ['HOMEPATH'] = curdir
+                os.environ['HOME'] = curdir
                 files = dist.find_config_files()
-                self.assert_(user_filename in files)
+                self.assert_(user_filename in files,
+                             '%r not found in %r' % (user_filename, files))
         finally:
             for key, value in old.items():
                 if value is None:
diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index 23ebe54..d600f29 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -589,9 +589,6 @@
         status = self.tk.call('grab', 'status', self._w)
         if status == 'none': status = None
         return status
-    def lower(self, belowThis=None):
-        """Lower this widget in the stacking order."""
-        self.tk.call('lower', self._w, belowThis)
     def option_add(self, pattern, value, priority = None):
         """Set a VALUE (second parameter) for an option
         PATTERN (first parameter).
diff --git a/Lib/rlcompleter.py b/Lib/rlcompleter.py
index c605c7d..10a53dc 100644
--- a/Lib/rlcompleter.py
+++ b/Lib/rlcompleter.py
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@
         if not m:
             return []
         expr, attr = m.group(1, 3)
-        object = eval(expr, self.namespace)
+        try:
+            object = eval(expr, self.namespace)
+        except Exception:
+            return []
         words = dir(object)
         if hasattr(object,'__class__'):
             words.append('__class__')
diff --git a/Lib/sched.py b/Lib/sched.py
index 1c7bfea..aecdb2a 100644
--- a/Lib/sched.py
+++ b/Lib/sched.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                     action(*argument)
                     delayfunc(0)   # Let other threads run
                 else:
-                    heapq.heappush(event)
+                    heapq.heappush(q, event)
 
     @property
     def queue(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_eof.py b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
index 4284d11..91fd845 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_eof.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class EOFTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_EOFC(self):
-        expect = "EOL while scanning single-quoted string (<string>, line 1)"
+        expect = "EOL while scanning string literal (<string>, line 1)"
         try:
             eval("""'this is a test\
             """)
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
             raise test_support.TestFailed
 
     def test_EOFS(self):
-        expect = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string (<string>, line 1)"
+        expect = ("EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal "
+                  "(<string>, line 1)")
         try:
             eval("""'''this is a test""")
         except SyntaxError as msg:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py b/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
index d2758b4..c7da859 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipimport.py
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
             z.close()
 
             zi = zipimport.zipimporter(TEMP_ZIP)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.archive, TEMP_ZIP)
             self.assertEquals(zi.is_package(TESTPACK), True)
             zi.load_module(TESTPACK)
 
@@ -229,6 +230,37 @@
             z.close()
             os.remove(TEMP_ZIP)
 
+    def testZipImporterMethodsInSubDirectory(self):
+        packdir = TESTPACK + os.sep
+        packdir2 = packdir + TESTPACK2 + os.sep
+        files = {packdir2 + "__init__" + pyc_ext: (NOW, test_pyc),
+                 packdir2 + TESTMOD + pyc_ext: (NOW, test_pyc)}
+
+        z = ZipFile(TEMP_ZIP, "w")
+        try:
+            for name, (mtime, data) in files.items():
+                zinfo = ZipInfo(name, time.localtime(mtime))
+                zinfo.compress_type = self.compression
+                z.writestr(zinfo, data)
+            z.close()
+
+            zi = zipimport.zipimporter(TEMP_ZIP + os.sep + packdir)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.archive, TEMP_ZIP)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.prefix, packdir)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.is_package(TESTPACK2), True)
+            zi.load_module(TESTPACK2)
+
+            self.assertEquals(zi.is_package(TESTPACK2 + os.sep + '__init__'), False)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.is_package(TESTPACK2 + os.sep + TESTMOD), False)
+
+            mod_name = TESTPACK2 + os.sep + TESTMOD
+            mod = __import__(module_path_to_dotted_name(mod_name))
+            self.assertEquals(zi.get_source(TESTPACK2), None)
+            self.assertEquals(zi.get_source(mod_name), None)
+        finally:
+            z.close()
+            os.remove(TEMP_ZIP)
+
     def testGetData(self):
         z = ZipFile(TEMP_ZIP, "w")
         z.compression = self.compression
diff --git a/Lib/unittest.py b/Lib/unittest.py
index 742871b..5beeb05 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest.py
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@
         if self.showAll:
             self.stream.write(self.getDescription(test))
             self.stream.write(" ... ")
+            self.stream.flush()
 
     def addSuccess(self, test):
         TestResult.addSuccess(self, test)
@@ -686,6 +687,7 @@
             self.stream.writeln("ok")
         elif self.dots:
             self.stream.write('.')
+            self.stream.flush()
 
     def addError(self, test, err):
         TestResult.addError(self, test, err)
@@ -693,6 +695,7 @@
             self.stream.writeln("ERROR")
         elif self.dots:
             self.stream.write('E')
+            self.stream.flush()
 
     def addFailure(self, test, err):
         TestResult.addFailure(self, test, err)
@@ -700,6 +703,7 @@
             self.stream.writeln("FAIL")
         elif self.dots:
             self.stream.write('F')
+            self.stream.flush()
 
     def printErrors(self):
         if self.dots or self.showAll:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3208a69..0928e3a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- #2250: Exceptions raised during evaluation of names in rlcompleter's
+  ``Completer.complete()`` method are now caught and ignored.
+
 - #2659: Added ``break_on_hyphens`` option to textwrap TextWrapper class.
 
 - Issue #2487: change the semantics of math.ldexp(x, n) when n is too
diff --git a/Modules/zipimport.c b/Modules/zipimport.c
index 91b8488..9503643 100644
--- a/Modules/zipimport.c
+++ b/Modules/zipimport.c
@@ -545,8 +545,15 @@
 "zipimporter(archivepath) -> zipimporter object\n\
 \n\
 Create a new zipimporter instance. 'archivepath' must be a path to\n\
-a zipfile. ZipImportError is raised if 'archivepath' doesn't point to\n\
-a valid Zip archive.");
+a zipfile, or to a specific path inside a zipfile. For example, it can be\n\
+'/tmp/myimport.zip', or '/tmp/myimport.zip/mydirectory', if mydirectory is a\n\
+valid directory inside the archive.\n\
+\n\
+'ZipImportError is raised if 'archivepath' doesn't point to a valid Zip\n\
+archive.\n\
+\n\
+The 'archive' attribute of zipimporter objects contains the name of the\n\
+zipfile targeted.");
 
 #define DEFERRED_ADDRESS(ADDR) 0
 
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 9ea9a88..8201c7e 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -7730,8 +7730,8 @@
 Return a list of the words in S, using sep as the\n\
 delimiter string.  If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit\n\
 splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None, any\n\
-whitespace string is a separator and leading and trailing\n\
-whitespace is stripped before splitting.");
+whitespace string is a separator and empty strings are\n\
+removed from the result.");
 
 static PyObject*
 unicode_split(PyUnicodeObject *self, PyObject *args)
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 7712518..e2bddcb 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1690,10 +1690,10 @@
 		msg = "invalid token";
 		break;
 	case E_EOFS:
-		msg = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string";
+		msg = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal";
 		break;
 	case E_EOLS:
-		msg = "EOL while scanning single-quoted string";
+		msg = "EOL while scanning string literal";
 		break;
 	case E_INTR:
 		if (!PyErr_Occurred())