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 Library
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+- Issue #1923: Fixed the removal of meaningful spaces when PKG-INFO is 
+  generated in Distutils. Patch by Stephen Emslie.
+
 - Issue #4120: Drop reference to CRT from manifest when building extensions with
   msvc9compiler.