[Distutils] Old bug still unfixed? [ python-Patches-1183712 ] package_data chops off first char of default package

[Lars Immisch]

Hi Hans,

> Am Freitag, 16. Februar 2007 11:51 schrieb Hans Meine:
>> The patch is quite trivial and cannot possibly break something AFAICS, so
>> could someone please apply it?  (Hmm, now that I write this; we are still
>> using python 2.4.4 here, so maybe it has been fixed in between?)
> 
> I wonder why nobody replied to any of my mails - I sent this simple patch and 
> another slightly more complex one for handling the she-bang in script files:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2007-February/007306.html
> 
> Finally, there was the shared library question, but I can very well imagine 
> that no one had a solution for that one..

Well, this is the distutils group more by name than by content; 
distutils is a bit neglected.

Anyway, your patch looks good to me.

I'd suggest taking the issue to python-dev: you need to find someone 
with cvs write access to get your patch in.

- Lars