[New-bugs-announce] [issue4073] distutils build_scripts and install_data commands need 2to3 support

[Mark Hammond]

New submission from Mark Hammond <mhammond at users.sourceforge.net>:

The distutils commands 'build_scripts' and 'install_data' both may end
up installing .py files.  Such .py file should be able tobe run through
lib2to3 in the same way supported by build_py.

pywin32 has ended up with something like:

    class my_build_scripts(build_scripts):
        def copy_file(self, src, dest):
            dest, copied = build_scripts.copy_file(self, src, dest)
            # 2to3
            if not self.dry_run and copied:
                refactor_filenames([dest])
            return dest, copied

where 'refactor_filenames' is (basically) the lib2to3 block from
build_py moved to a utility function.

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components: Distutils
messages: 74507
nosy: loewis, mhammond
severity: normal
status: open
title: distutils build_scripts and install_data commands need 2to3 support
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.0

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