Apply diff2.txt from SF patch http://www.python.org/sf/572113

(with one small bugfix in bgen/bgen/scantools.py)

This replaces string module functions with string methods
for the stuff in the Tools directory. Several uses of
string.letters etc. are still remaining.

Tools/versioncheck/checkversions.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ new versions available for any packages you have installed."""
 import os
 import getopt
 import sys
-import string
 import pyversioncheck
 
 CHECKNAME="_checkversion.py"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def main():
 		sys.exit(1)
 	for o, a in options:
 		if o == '-v':
-			VERBOSE = string.atoi(a)
+			VERBOSE = int(a)
 	if not arguments:
 		arguments = [sys.prefix]
 	for dir in arguments:

Tools/versioncheck/pyversioncheck.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import types
 import rfc822
 import urllib
 import sys
-import string
 
 # Verbose options
 VERBOSE_SILENT=0	# Single-line reports per package
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@ def _check1version(package, url, version, verbose=0):
         if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
             print '    No "Current-Version:" header in URL or URL not found'
         return -1, None, None
-    version = string.strip(string.lower(version))
-    newversion = string.strip(string.lower(newversion))
+    version = version.lower().strip()
+    newversion = newversion.lower().strip()
     if version == newversion:
         if verbose >= VERBOSE_EACHFILE:
             print '    Version identical (%s)'%newversion