Optimistically, we label this as ready to go today.

Also commit several improvements in the descriptions of the QNX and
BeOS port, both by Chris Herborth.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 3a907b94cc3ab1e832f024be58d37f7ecd13af42..8807473ec15b8b8700f151d0b6f20e1b8ad80cf2 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python release 1.5.2a2
-==============================
+This is Python version 1.5.2b1 -- released Dec 22, 1998
+=======================================================
 
 
 What's new in this release?
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ NeXT:   To build fat binaries, use the --with-next-archs switch
 QNX:   Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes:
        configure works best if you use GNU bash; a port is available on
        ftp.qnx.com in /usr/free.  I used the following process to build,
-       test and install Python 1.5 under QNX:
+       test and install Python 1.5.x under QNX:
 
        1) CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash CC=cc RANLIB=: \
            ./configure --verbose --without-gcc --with-libm=""
@@ -256,11 +256,7 @@ QNX:       Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes:
                _locale, math, md5, new, operator, parser, pcre,
                posix, pwd, readline, regex, reop, rgbimg, rotor,
                select, signal, socket, soundex, strop, struct,
-               syslog, termios, time, timing, zlib
-
-               Newly compiled/tested in 1.5.1:
-
-               audioop, imageop, rgbimgmodule
+               syslog, termios, time, timing, zlib, audioop, imageop, rgbimg
 
        3) make SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash 
        
@@ -270,12 +266,6 @@ QNX:       Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes:
 
        4) make SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash test
 
-          The socket test might fail in the test harness; going
-          through it by hand shows that they work.
-
-          A good exercise for the reader: make this work "out of the
-          box".
-
           Using GNU readline 2.2 seems to behave strangely, but I
           think that's a problem with my readline 2.2 port.  :-\
 
@@ -290,8 +280,7 @@ QNX:        Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes:
 BeOS:  Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes:
        See BeOS/README for notes about compiling/installing Python on
        BeOS R3 or later.  Note that only the PowerPC platform is
-       supported at this time, but feel free to try building it on
-       x86.
+       supported for R3; both PowerPC and x86 are supported for R4.
 
 Cray T3E: Konrad Hinsen writes:
        1) Don't use gcc. It compiles Python/graminit.c into something