Some cleanups. Change of address.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3bda2f8..80b78cb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-This is Python release 1.3
-==========================
+This is Python release 1.4 beta 1
+=================================
+
+It's a beta release. Only use this if you want to help me iron the
+last wrinkles out of the distribution before I release the real 1.4
+release. In particular, I'm interested in porting experiences to Unix
+boxes. It should build out of the box using "./configure; make".
+Also try running configue with the --with-thread and --with-readline
+options (described below).
What's new in this release?
---------------------------
-- Keyword parameters (see the last chapter of the tutorial).
-- Third argument to raise (the stacktrace to provide).
-- Faster function and method calls.
-- Jim Fulton's abstract object interface (Include/abstract.h).
-- Support for Tk 4.0 in Tkinter (Tkinter now supports keywords!).
-- Rewritten htmllib.py (HTML parser), with new formatter.py.
-- Rewritten rexec.py (restricted execution).
-- New modules ni.py and ihooks.py (package support and more).
-- And lots more that you'll have to discover on your own (see chapter
- 12 of the Tutorial or the Misc/NEWS file).
+XXX
What is Python anyway?
@@ -22,7 +20,8 @@
Python is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, and is
often compared to Tcl, Perl or Scheme. For a quick summary of what
-Python can mean for a UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ.
+Python can mean for a UNIX/C programmer, read Misc/BLURB.LUTZ. If you
+have web access, point your browser to <URL:http://www.python.org>.
If you don't read instructions
@@ -89,8 +88,10 @@
Troubleshooting
---------------
-If you run into trouble, see section 3 of the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for
-hints on what can go wrong, and how to fix it.
+If recursive makes fail, try invoking make as "make MAKE=make".
+
+If you run into other trouble, see section 3 of the FAQ (file
+Misc/FAQ) for hints on what can go wrong, and how to fix it.
Platform specific notes
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@
the Lib/linux1 directory. Apparently the files as distributed
don't match the system headers on some Linux versions.
-AIX: Read the file Misc/AIX-NOTES before trying to build.
+AIX: Read the files Misc/AIX-NOTES* before trying to build.
HP-UX: Read the file Misc/HPUX-NOTES if you want to be able to
use shared libraries for dynamically loaded modules.
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
install". To install the library as /usr/local/lib/python, type "make
libinstall". To install the manual page as
/usr/local/man/man1/python.1, type "make maninstall". To install the
-Emacs editing mode for python, manually copy the file
+Emacs editing mode for Python, manually copy the file
Misc/python-mode.el to your local Emacs lisp directory. The directory
/usr/local can be overridden at configuration time by passing
--prefix=DIRECTORY to the configure script, or at make time by passing
@@ -230,12 +231,13 @@
about the install prefix...
--with-readline: You can use the GNU readline library to improve the
- interactive user 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 not distributed with
- Python; you can ftp them from any GNU mirror site, or from its
- home site:
+ interactive user interface. This gives you line editing and
+ command history when calling Python interactively. Unless GNU
+ readline is a standard part of your system (it is on Linux),
+ you need to configure build the GNU readline library before
+ running the configure script. Its sources are not distributed
+ with Python; you can ftp them from any GNU mirror site, or
+ from its home site:
<URL:ftp://slc2.ins.cwru.edu/pub/dist/readline-2.0.tar.gz> (or
a higher version number -- using version 1.x is not
recommended).
@@ -248,15 +250,17 @@
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 are in the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ).
+ library. If GNU readline is a standard part of your system,
+ don't pass '=DIRECTORY'. Some hints on building and using the
+ readline library are in the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ).
---with-thread: On SGI IRIX, and on Sun SOLARIS 2, you can use multiple
- threads. To enable this, pass --with-thread. In the
- Modules/Setup file, enable the thread module. (Threads aren't
- enabled automatically because there are run-time penalties
- when support for them is compiled in even if you don't use
- them.)
+--with-thread: On most Unix systems, you can now use multiple threads.
+ To enable this, pass --with-thread. If the library required
+ for threads lives in a peculiar place, you can use
+ --with-thread=DIRECTORY. In the Modules/Setup file, enable
+ the thread module. (Threads aren't enabled automatically
+ because there are run-time penalties when support for them is
+ compiled in even if you don't use them.)
--with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is
supported by the "dl" library by Jack Jansen, which is
@@ -392,9 +396,9 @@
ext.ps) to the printer. See the README file there.
All documentation is also available on-line via the World-Wide Web
-(WWW): <URL:http://www.cwi.nl/~guido/Python.html>. It can also be
-downloaded separately from the ftp archives (see below) in Emacs INFO,
-HTML or PostScript form -- see the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for more info.
+(WWW): <URL:http://www.python.org>. It can also be downloaded
+separately from the ftp archives (see below) in Emacs INFO, HTML or
+PostScript form -- see the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for more info.
Emacs mode
@@ -427,9 +431,9 @@
Ftp access
----------
-Python's "home ftp site" is ftp.cwi.nl, directory pub/python. See the
-FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for a list of other ftp sites carrying the Python
-distribution.
+Python's "home ftp site" is ftp.python.org, directory /pub/python.
+See the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ) for a list of other ftp sites carrying the
+Python distribution.
Newsgroup and mailing list
@@ -461,8 +465,9 @@
See the Build Instructions above for more details.
There is little documentation. Begin with fetching the "Tk Lifesaver"
-document, e.g. <URL:ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python/doc/tkinter-doc.tar.gz>
-(a gzipped tar file containing a PostScript file). There are demos in
+document,
+e.g. <URL:ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/doc/tkinter-doc.tar.gz> (a
+gzipped tar file containing a PostScript file). There are demos in
the Demo/tkinter directory, in the subdirectories guido, matt and www.
Note that there's a Python module called "Tkinter" (capital T) which
@@ -526,12 +531,12 @@
----------------
Guido van Rossum
-CWI, dept. CST
-P.O. Box 94079
-1090 GB Amsterdam
-The Netherlands
+CNRI
+1895 Preston White Drive
+Reston, VA 22094
+USA
-E-mail: guido@cwi.nl
+E-mail: guido@python.org
@@ -565,5 +570,4 @@
----------------------------------------------------------------------
---Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <mailto:guido@cwi.nl>
-<http://www.cwi.nl/~guido/>
+--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)