diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6d2b5e832..b83565eb4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ Release 1.0 (in development)
 * Added simplified Chinese locale.
 
 
-Release 0.6.2 (in development)
+Release 0.6.3 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+Release 0.6.2 (Jun 16, 2009)
+============================
+
 * #130: Fix obscure IndexError in doctest extension.
 
 * #167: Make glossary sorting case-independent.
diff --git a/sphinx/application.py b/sphinx/application.py
index b9c56d9f3..412a55863 100644
--- a/sphinx/application.py
+++ b/sphinx/application.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from sphinx.errors import SphinxError, SphinxWarning, ExtensionError
 from sphinx.builders import BUILTIN_BUILDERS
 from sphinx.directives import GenericDesc, Target, additional_xref_types
 from sphinx.environment import SphinxStandaloneReader
+from sphinx.util import pycompat
 from sphinx.util.tags import Tags
 from sphinx.util.compat import Directive, directive_dwim
 from sphinx.util.console import bold
diff --git a/sphinx/util/pycompat.py b/sphinx/util/pycompat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..137c35c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx/util/pycompat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    sphinx.util.pycompat
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Stuff for Python version compatibility.
+
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2009 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import codecs
+import encodings
+
+if sys.version_info < (2, 5):
+    # Python 2.4 doesn't know the utf-8-sig encoding, so deliver it here
+
+    def my_search_function(encoding):
+        norm_encoding = encodings.normalize_encoding(encoding)
+        if norm_encoding != 'utf_8_sig':
+            return None
+        return (encode, decode, StreamReader, StreamWriter)
+
+    codecs.register(my_search_function)
+
+    # begin code copied from utf_8_sig.py in Python 2.6
+
+    def encode(input, errors='strict'):
+        return (codecs.BOM_UTF8 + codecs.utf_8_encode(input, errors)[0], len(input))
+
+    def decode(input, errors='strict'):
+        prefix = 0
+        if input[:3] == codecs.BOM_UTF8:
+            input = input[3:]
+            prefix = 3
+        (output, consumed) = codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
+        return (output, consumed+prefix)
+
+    class StreamWriter(codecs.StreamWriter):
+        def reset(self):
+            codecs.StreamWriter.reset(self)
+            try:
+                del self.encode
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+
+        def encode(self, input, errors='strict'):
+            self.encode = codecs.utf_8_encode
+            return encode(input, errors)
+
+    class StreamReader(codecs.StreamReader):
+        def reset(self):
+            codecs.StreamReader.reset(self)
+            try:
+                del self.decode
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+
+        def decode(self, input, errors='strict'):
+            if len(input) < 3:
+                if codecs.BOM_UTF8.startswith(input):
+                    # not enough data to decide if this is a BOM
+                    # => try again on the next call
+                    return (u"", 0)
+            elif input[:3] == codecs.BOM_UTF8:
+                self.decode = codecs.utf_8_decode
+                (output, consumed) = codecs.utf_8_decode(input[3:],errors)
+                return (output, consumed+3)
+            # (else) no BOM present
+            self.decode = codecs.utf_8_decode
+            return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors)
+
+    # end code copied from utf_8_sig.py