Readme and relnotes for intermediate 2.0b1+ release.

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Changes in 2.0b1 since 1.5.2
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Changes in 2.0b1+ since 1.5.2
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These release notes refer to Mac-specific changes only. See NEWS (in the Misc folder)
for machine-independent changes.
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- Added macos.FreeMem(), MaxBlock() and CompactMem(), mainly so apps in Python can
give low-memory warnings.
- MediaDescr module parses some QuickTime media descriptions (but definitely not all).
- A new method EasyDialogs.GetArgv() which makes it easy for the end-user to provide
unix-style sys.argv arguments. (new since 2.0b1)
- There's a new package, mkcwproject, that creates and builds CodeWarrior
projects. (new since 2.0b1)
- The "keep console open" options are now always, never, on error and on unseen output. The
latter is the new default. (new since 2.0b1)
- Missing Numeric modules are included. They may not be on sys.path, however. (new since 2.0b1)
- gdbm works again. (new since 2.0b1)
What is not in this distribution
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- Stackless Python/microthreads hasn't been ported to 2.0 yet. If/when it becomes available
Just will undoubtedly announce it on pythonmac-sig.
- Carbon support is not in here, but should be happening as soon as GUSI is ready.
- Distutils is not in here, again due to lack of time.
- Distutils is not in here, but Corran Webster and myself are working on it.
Known problems
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- Aliases do not work in sys.path entries.
- Once you have used multiple threads you cannot raise KeyboardInterrupt anymore:
typing command-. will immedeately exit the interpreter.
- The gdbm module does not work.