[Python-3000] status (preparing for first alpha)

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    Neal> The string/unicode merge is making good progress.  There are less
    Neal> than 400 references to PyString.  Most of the references are in
    Neal> about 5-10 modules.  Less than 50 modules in the core have any
    Neal> references to PyString.  We still need help converting over to use
    Neal> unicode.  If you are interested in helping out, the spreadsheet is
    Neal> the best place to look for tasks:
    Neal> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBLWM8elhFAmKbrhhh0ApQA&hl=en_US&pli=1

As someone who hasn't participated in the string->unicode conversion up to
this point (not even looking at any of the hundreds of related checkins)
it's not at all obvious how to correctly replace PyString_* with PyUnicode_*
in any given situation.  Is there some document somewhere that can be used
to at least give some hints?  (I think I asked this before.  I'm not sure I
got an answer.)

Also, given that we are close, shouldn't a few buildbots be set up?

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