NOTE that the files available in the python directory listing
are all public, downloadable files from current and past Python
releases.  Enjoy!

Python Distribution
===================

Most subdirectories have a README or INDEX files explaining the
contents.

src/            Python source (C core and Python librarys) for most platforms
doc/            Documentation (PostScript, LaTeX, HTML, ...)
contrib/        Contributed software
mac/            Apple Macintosh specific files
(See http://www.python.org/windows for the core of the win32 Python universe.)
pc/             DOS, Windows 3.1(1), OS/2 specific files
win32/          Windows NT specific files (see also wpy/ and pythonwin/)
nt/             Same directory as 'win32' - see just above
binaries-1.5/   UNIX binaries (not as current as you'd like :-( )
binaries-1.4/   Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.3/   Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.2/   Older UNIX binaries
binaries-1.1/   Older UNIX binaries
mail/           Old mailing list archives - 1992 -> April 1995
               (See http://www.python.org/locator/ for search of
               mailing list traffic from 1995 to the present.)
misc/           Miscellaneous
pythonwin/      Windows NT distribution from Mark Hammond
wpy/            Portable GUI library (NT, Win32s and Unix/X/Tk)
vms/            VMS specific files

Extensions (may be combined):

gz              compressed with "gzip".
tar             UNIX tar file
exe             DOS or Windows executable
shar            self-unpacking UNIX shell archive
hqx             Mac BinHex 4.0
sit             StuffIt Light(TM) Mac archive
sea             StuffIt Light(TM) self-extracting Mac archive
bin             MacBinary format
html            HyperText Mark-up Language (WWW)
el              Emacs Lisp
ps              PostScript
lect            Lectern display format
zip             DOS zip archive

tgz             == .tar.gz

You can force the ftp server to deliver gzipped versions of files,
and/or tar directories, by adding the appropriate suffix to the name
of the actual file you're fetching.  Eg, 'get README.gz' will get a
gzipped version of this file, and 'get misc.tar.gz' will fetch a
gzipped tar archive of the misc subdir.