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 Library
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+- Issue #2279: distutils.sdist.add_defaults now add files 
+  from the package_data and the data_files metadata.
+
 - Issue #5257: refactored all tests in distutils, so they use 
   support.TempdirManager, to avoid writing in the tests directory.