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  r69692 | tarek.ziade | 2009-02-16 22:38:01 +0100 (Mon, 16 Feb 2009) | 1 line

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