initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+[globals]
+# These are the useful categories that are sometimes referenced at runtime,
+# using packaging.resources.get_file:
+# Configuration files
+config = {confdir}/{distribution.name}
+# Non-writable data that is independent of architecture (images, many xml/text files)
+appdata = {datadir}/{distribution.name}
+# Non-writable data that is architecture-dependent (some binary data formats)
+appdata.arch = {libdir}/{distribution.name}
+# Data, written by the package, that must be preserved (databases)
+appdata.persistent = {statedir}/lib/{distribution.name}
+# Data, written by the package, that can be safely discarded (cache)
+appdata.disposable = {statedir}/cache/{distribution.name}
+# Help or documentation files referenced at runtime
+help = {datadir}/{distribution.name}
+icon = {datadir}/pixmaps
+scripts = {base}/bin
+
+# Non-runtime files. These are valid categories for marking files for
+# install, but they should not be referenced by the app at runtime:
+# Help or documentation files not referenced by the package at runtime
+doc = {datadir}/doc/{distribution.name}
+# GNU info documentation files
+info = {datadir}/info
+# man pages
+man = {datadir}/man
+
+[posix_prefix]
+# Configuration directories. Some of these come straight out of the
+# configure script. They are for implementing the other variables, not to
+# be used directly in [resource_locations].
+confdir = /etc
+datadir = /usr/share
+libdir = /usr/lib ; or /usr/lib64 on a multilib system
+statedir = /var
+# User resource directory
+local = ~/.local/{distribution.name}
+
+stdlib = {base}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+platstdlib = {platbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+purelib = {base}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+platlib = {platbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+include = {base}/include/python{py_version_short}{abiflags}
+platinclude = {platbase}/include/python{py_version_short}{abiflags}
+data = {base}
+
+[posix_home]
+stdlib = {base}/lib/python
+platstdlib = {base}/lib/python
+purelib = {base}/lib/python
+platlib = {base}/lib/python
+include = {base}/include/python
+platinclude = {base}/include/python
+scripts = {base}/bin
+data = {base}
+
+[nt]
+stdlib = {base}/Lib
+platstdlib = {base}/Lib
+purelib = {base}/Lib/site-packages
+platlib = {base}/Lib/site-packages
+include = {base}/Include
+platinclude = {base}/Include
+scripts = {base}/Scripts
+data = {base}
+
+[os2]
+stdlib = {base}/Lib
+platstdlib = {base}/Lib
+purelib = {base}/Lib/site-packages
+platlib = {base}/Lib/site-packages
+include = {base}/Include
+platinclude = {base}/Include
+scripts = {base}/Scripts
+data = {base}
+
+[os2_home]
+stdlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+platstdlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+purelib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+platlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+include = {userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}
+scripts = {userbase}/bin
+data = {userbase}
+
+[nt_user]
+stdlib = {userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}
+platstdlib = {userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}
+purelib = {userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/site-packages
+platlib = {userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/site-packages
+include = {userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/Include
+scripts = {userbase}/Scripts
+data = {userbase}
+
+[posix_user]
+stdlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+platstdlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
+purelib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+platlib = {userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
+include = {userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}
+scripts = {userbase}/bin
+data = {userbase}
+
+[osx_framework_user]
+stdlib = {userbase}/lib/python
+platstdlib = {userbase}/lib/python
+purelib = {userbase}/lib/python/site-packages
+platlib = {userbase}/lib/python/site-packages
+include = {userbase}/include
+scripts = {userbase}/bin
+data = {userbase}