imports e.g. test_support must do so using an absolute package name
such as "import test.test_support" or "from test import test_support".

This also updates the README in Lib/test, and gets rid of the
duplicate data dirctory in Lib/test/data (replaced by
Lib/email/test/data).

Now Tim and Jack can have at it. :)

Also adds tests.

(or platform independent).  Closes SF bug #460357.

Bug fix candidate.

allows using the tests with unittest.py as a script.  The tests will
still run when run as a script themselves.

Use != instead of <> since <> is documented as "obsolescent".
Use "is" and "is not" when comparing with None or type objects.

extensively in test_strftime.py anyway).

function and variable in the module, verifies a few return values and
even tests a couple of known error conditions.