I'm creating the 2.3a1 release branch. Checkins from now on won't make it into 2.3a1 unless you mail me ASAP for special dispensation. (Tim is tracking down a leak that may get this.) The branch point is tagged with r23a1-fork; the branch itself will be called r23a1-branch. Thanks everybody! Release later this afternoon. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)