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  r72681 | tarek.ziade | 2009-05-16 18:37:06 +0200 (Sat, 16 May 2009) | 1 line

  #6041: sdist and register now use the check command. No more duplicate code for metadata checking
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+- Issue #6041: Now distutils `sdist` and `register` commands use `check` as a 
+  subcommand.
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 - Issue #6022: a test file was created in the current working directory by
   test_get_outputs in Distutils.