[Distutils] setuptools - what if a library is required but is in the standard lib?

[Matthias Klose]

zooko writes:
> On Feb 7, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> 
> > Only if someone messed with Python's default build structure.  The
> > Python stdlib should contain an .egg-info file marking the presence
> > of wsgiref 0.1.2.  Some Linux distributions may remove this file due
> > to a misunderstanding of its nature/purpose.
> 
> 
> Fedora 9, due to be released April, 2008, marks the first release of  
> Fedora which no longer deletes or otherwise messes up the .egg-info  
> files.  Ubuntu Hardy LTS 8.04 -- also due April 2008 -- will  
> handle .egg-info files nicely.  I think Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 --  
> released October 2007 -- or even Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 -- released April  
> 2007 -- may also have handled .egg-info files correctly, I'm not  
> entirely sure.

these should be handled correctly back to 6.10 (Ubuntu edgy).

  Matthias