RELEASED Python 2.3.4, release candidate 1

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Thanks to the Python developers for their continuing work. 

I wonder why the Linux installation needs to be more tedious than the
Windows counterpart. The problem is of course not specific to Python.
There are many Linux distributions, running on different kernels, but
maybe binaries that have been tested on the "major" distributions like
Debian, Red Hat / Fedora, SUSE, and Mandrake could be created. Compare
the instructions:

WINDOWS
"Windows users should download the Windows installer,
Python-2.3.4c1.exe, run it and follow the friendly instructions on the
screen to complete the installation. Windows users may also be
interested in Mark Hammond's win32all, a collection of
Windows-specific extensions including COM support and Pythonwin, an
IDE built using Windows components.

LINUX
All others should download either Python-2.3.4c1.tgz or
Python-2.3.4c1.tar.bz2, the source archive. The tar.bz2 is
considerably smaller, so get that one if your system has the
appropriate tools to deal with it. Unpack it with "tar -zxvf
Python-2.3.4c1.tgz" (or "bzcat Python-2.3.4c1.tar.bz2 | tar -xf -").
Change to the Python-2.3.4c1 directory and run the "./configure",
"make", "make install" commands to compile and install Python. The
source archive is also suitable for Windows users who feel the need to
build their own version."