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 Library
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+- Issue #6884: Fix long-standing bugs with MANIFEST.in parsing in distutils
+  on Windows.
+
 - Issue #8033: sqlite3: Fix 64-bit integer handling in user functions
   on 32-bit architectures. Initial patch by Philippe Devalkeneer.