Hopefully the last edits for 1.1
diff --git a/README b/README
index 30f5398..32bee29 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,28 +5,32 @@
==> Python 1.1 contains many improvements over 1.0.3, but is almost
backward compatible (though the magic number for .pyc file has
- changed). It comes with build instructions for many more non-UNIX
- platforms.
+ changed). It is portable to many more non-UNIX platforms.
==> If you don't know yet what Python is: it's an interpreted,
extensible, embeddable, interactive, object-oriented programming
language. For a quick summary of what Python can mean for a
UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ.
-==> If you want to start compiling right away: just type "./configure"
- in the current directory and when it finishes, type "make". See
- the section Build Instructions below for more details.
+==> If you want to start compiling right away (on UNIX): just type
+ "./configure" in the current directory and when it finishes, type
+ "make". See the section Build Instructions below for more
+ details.
==> All documentation is in the subdirectory Doc in the form of LaTeX
files. In order of importance for new users: Tutorial (tut),
Library Reference (lib), Language Reference (ref), Extending
(ext). Note that especially the Library Reference is of immense
value since much of Python's power (including the built-in data
- types and functions!) is described there. [XXX The ext document
+ types and functions!) is described there. [NB The ext document
has not been updated to reflect this release yet.]
==> Python is COPYRIGHTED but free to use for all. See the copyright
- notice at the end of this file.
+ notice at the end of this file. Moreover, the Python distribution
+ is not affected by the GNU Public Licence (GPL). There is support
+ for interfaces to some GNU code but this is entirely optional and
+ no GNU code is distributed with Python. For all these packages,
+ GPL-free public domain versions also exist.
Build instructions
@@ -142,14 +146,19 @@
interface: this gives you line editing and command history when
calling python interactively. You need to configure build the GNU
readline library before running the configure script. Its sources are
-no longer distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU
-mirror site, or from its home site:
+not distributed with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU mirror
+site, or from its home site:
ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz (or a higher
-version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended). Pass the
-Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY where
-DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've built
-the readline library. Some hints on building and using the readline
-library:
+version number -- using version 1.x is not recommended).
+
+A GPL-free version was posted to comp.sources.misc in volume 31 and is
+widely available from FTP archive sites. One URL for it is:
+ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume31/editline/part01.Z
+
+Pass the Python configure script the option --with-readline=DIRECTORY
+where DIRECTORY is the absolute pathname of the directory where you've
+built the readline library. Some hints on building and using the
+readline library:
- On SGI IRIX 5, you may have to add the following
to rldefs.h: