equivalent[*] check that doesn't produce compiler warnings about a 'x < 0'
check on an unsigned type.

[*] it's equivalent for inputs of type size_t or Py_ssize_t, or any smaller
unsigned or signed integer type.

on OSX. Without this patch it wasn't possible after all
to compile extensions on OSX 10.6 with the binary
installer unless the user had installed the (non-default)
10.4u SDK.

missing proper end-of-line termination.  Patch and tests by
Scott Dial.  The new tests include a test harness which will
make it easier to add additional tests.

Diagnosis and original patch by Florent Xicluna (flox).

an i386 based machine, but should only be active when compiling the x86 part of
the universal binary.

wrong parameter types.  Patch by Victor Stinner.

Issue #7457: added a read_pkg_file method to distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata so we can read back PKG-INFO files

file in the Lib/test directory, which might be read-only for the
user running the tests.

extensions with msvc9compiler.

in a Py_ssize_t, not an int.

Patch from James Henstridge.

access to the initgroups(3) C library call on Unix systems which implement
it.  Patch by Jean-Paul Calderone.

arithmetic.