[Distutils] Adding egg support (Resource API) to existing packages

[Robert Kern]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

> So give them a patch that's egg-safe *without* using pkg_resources!  It'll 
> be slightly more complicated to implement, but won't introduce *any* 
> dependencies.

But first see if they'll drink the Kool Aid. Only if they really hate 
the idea of depending on setuptools should you bother with this strategy.

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Robert Kern
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