[issue11805] package_data only allows one glob per-package

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

> Note that my proposed syntax does not allow something equivalent to {'': [etc.]} in
> distutils, i.e. package data for top-level modules.  I think this is okay: modules should
> not install data in their installation dir.  I don’t think it was widely used

I tested: This construct was allowed but did not actually cause any file to be installed (i.e. no crash, no-op), so we’re not removing any functionality here.

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