On 13 April 1999, the final version of Python 1.5.2 was released. Python 1.5.2 concluded the 1.5 development cycle. Python 1.6 and Python 2.0 have been released since then.
Older releases are also still available, but are mostly of historic interest.
Changing the extension to .tgz makes the problem go away. Don't report a bug before you've confirmed that the bug still occurs in the current CVS tree . Always use the Python Bugs List to report bugs. Before reporting a bug, search the bugs list by keyword for other reports of the same bug, to avoid duplicates. The bugs list should also be used for suggestions and feature requests.