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On Windows, some default encodings are not
provided by Python (e.g. "cp932" in Japanese
locale), while they are always available as "mbcs"
in each locale. This patch ensures them usable in
a very efficient way by aliasing them to "mbcs" in
such a case.
Note that IDLE does not start up on Windows unless
the default encoding is provided. The patch makes
IDLE operable all over the (Windows) world ;-).

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I'm rejecting this patch. The factory system default
encoding of Python is ASCII, on all platforms (atleast, it
should be this way; MacOS currently deviates).
I cannot reproduce the IDLE problem; IDLE starts without
that patch just fine.

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I can reproduce the IDLE problem on my Windows
2000 in Japanese locale. I hope you will confirm it
by asking your friends in Japan or other countries.
I am afraid you missed the point. The patch does NOT change
the default encoding of Python itself.
It is ASCII still. It only makes the encoding of
locale.getdefaultlocale()[1] be PROVIDED.
Please read that short patch. 

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Assigning to Martin, in the hopes they can work out their 
differences.

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I missed the point of this patch, indeed. Applied as site.py
1.48.