[python/f16] (8 commits) ...Merge branch 'master' into f16

[dmalcolm]

Summary of changes:

  85867c0... add rpm macros file (rhbz#731800) (*)
  7e7a694... Remove stray comment header that was unintentionally within (*)
  76e85fb... don't use --with-tsc on ppc64 debug builds (rhbz#698726) (*)
  92ed49e... ppc --with-tsc fixes (*)
  73e351d... add --extension-suffix option to python-config (patch 130;  (*)
  e958211... python-2.7.2-tsc-on-ppc.patch now reported upstream (*)
  e252525... run selftests with "--verbose"; disable parts of test_io on (*)
  1e06160... Merge branch 'master' into f16

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