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setup: tweak error message for Python 3

We now have beta support for Python 3. In my opinion, it isn't
yet stable enough to allow `pip install Mercurial` to work with
Python 3 out of the box: we don't want people accidentally using
Mercurial with Python 3 just yet.

But I do think we should be more friendly about informing people
of their options.

This commit tweaks the error message that users see when running
setup.py with Python 3. We instruct them about the current level
of Python 3 support, point them at the wiki for more info, and
give them instructions on how to bypass the check.

As part of this, I also changed which version value is printed,
as we were printing a named tuple before.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.