diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 1055aa39c10..7873d297b3e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ used from a setup script as
    setup (...)
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 __version__ = "1.0.3"
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py b/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
index 98c1e559508..d1dc9095203 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/archive_util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Utility functions for creating archive files (tarballs, zip files,
 that sort of thing)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
index abe302a8044..cfbe04ac01e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/bcppcompiler.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ for the Borland C++ compiler.
 # someone should sit down and factor out the common code as
 # WindowsCCompiler!  --GPW
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 3084947d586..edb9f7542f7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Contains CCompiler, an abstract base class that defines the interface
 for the Distutils compiler abstraction model."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
index b35eb07855a..1165f95124f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cmd.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the Command class, the base class for the command classes
 in the distutils.command package.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
index e70429c8077..fc6117166b8 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Package containing implementation of all the standard Distutils
 commands."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 __all__ = ['build',
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
index e0648f3bdd1..7c606ffc4df 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist' command (create a built [binary]
 distribution)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
index 7562b708125..d1cce55b200 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_dumb.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'bdist_dumb' command (create a "dumb" built
 distribution -- i.e., just an archive to be unpacked under $prefix or
 $exec_prefix)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
index a7bc45f481f..237cc70d255 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist_rpm' command (create RPM source and binary
 distributions)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index c5cfd6d31b7..9c9fd109181 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'bdist_wininst' command: create a windows installer
 exe-program."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
index 0643948c926..78231541ec2 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_clib.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_clib.py
index fe921fb88b5..ef03ed7269a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_clib.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_clib.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'build_clib' command, to build a C/C++ library
 that is included in the module distribution and needed by an extension
 module."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index 0b3ef149337..0c377681793 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'build_ext' command, for building extension
 modules (currently limited to C extensions, should accommodate C++
 extensions ASAP)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
index f61dc17a18c..258d6d4ca04 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build_py' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, string, os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
index e4d6099bd57..b7c11d472b3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'build_scripts' command."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/clean.py b/Lib/distutils/command/clean.py
index 36252d51742..41b22777bce 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/clean.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/clean.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'clean' command."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@cs.uni-sb.de>, added 2000-03-18
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/config.py b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
index abfa1385309..b6f5ad1dc5a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ configure-like tasks: "try to compile this C code", or "figure out where
 this header file lives".
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
index 9adda4688a7..5d5bdaa77ef 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Implements the Distutils 'install' command."""
 
 from distutils import log
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
index d0091ce2385..5c1f18a9f26 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ platform-independent data files."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_headers.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_headers.py
index 957ed239b1b..3a37d309f90 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_headers.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_headers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Implements the Distutils 'install_headers' command, to install C/C++ header
 files to the Python include directory."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_lib.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_lib.py
index 5da1c7aea7a..daf3e010fdf 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_lib.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_lib.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_scripts.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
index ceece1b6bfd..6572e650d41 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_scripts.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Python scripts."""
 
 # contributed by Bastian Kleineidam
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 91807e6a3f9..c0b7dd45d97 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Implements the Distutils 'sdist' command (create a source distribution)."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/core.py b/Lib/distutils/core.py
index 5be9e4ec295..9ab419ef4c1 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/core.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/core.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ indirectly provides the Distribution and Command classes, although they are
 really defined in distutils.dist and distutils.cmd.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
index 93f88038474..18af388c3c8 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ cygwin in no-cygwin mode).
 #     in the dlls.
 #   *** only the version of June 2000 shows these problems
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os,sys,copy
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/debug.py b/Lib/distutils/debug.py
index 7ca76d6c5c6..e195ebdcdf7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/debug.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/debug.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import os
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
+__revision__ = "$Id$"
+
 # If DISTUTILS_DEBUG is anything other than the empty string, we run in
 # debug mode.
 DEBUG = os.environ.get('DISTUTILS_DEBUG')
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py b/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
index f49665483af..0746633d230 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dep_util.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Utility functions for simple, timestamp-based dependency of files
 and groups of files; also, function based entirely on such
 timestamp dependency analysis."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
index d407e9ac5b5..ca9fa9dc7fc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Utility functions for manipulating directories and directory trees."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
index 3a690696bb5..faeb7b10b3a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the Distribution class, which represents the module distribution
 being built/installed/distributed.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/errors.py b/Lib/distutils/errors.py
index 963d83377c0..94e83fb557c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/errors.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/errors.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ usually raised for errors that are obviously the end-user's fault
 This module is safe to use in "from ... import *" mode; it only exports
 symbols whose names start with "Distutils" and end with "Error"."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 class DistutilsError (Exception):
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
index f78b0a68544..a4a4e7979ee 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ additional features:
   * options set attributes of a passed-in object
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index c2fa086f051..e230ce587e2 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Utility functions for operating on single files.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
index 4b5d47d02ff..bfa53d21332 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Provides the FileList class, used for poking about the filesystem
 and building lists of files.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import os, string, re
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/log.py b/Lib/distutils/log.py
index 6aeb7c9aac5..0442033d66d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/log.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/log.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """A simple log mechanism styled after PEP 282."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 # The class here is styled after PEP 282 so that it could later be
 # replaced with a standard Python logging implementation.
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index c2bd77de446..65a50cc79a4 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 Contains MSVCCompiler, an implementation of the abstract CCompiler class
 for the Microsoft Visual Studio."""
 
-
 # Written by Perry Stoll
 # hacked by Robin Becker and Thomas Heller to do a better job of
 #   finding DevStudio (through the registry)
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py
index 8f62bf7d878..d546de1f255 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/mwerkscompiler.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Contains MWerksCompiler, an implementation of the abstract CCompiler class
 for MetroWerks CodeWarrior on the Macintosh. Needs work to support CW on
 Windows."""
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
+__revision__ = "$Id$"
+
 import sys, os, string
 from types import *
 from distutils.errors import \
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
index f94817d4988..6e0423b099f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/spawn.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Also provides the 'find_executable()' to search the path for a given
 executable name.
 """
 
+# This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
+
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 import sys, os, string