[Python-Dev] End of the mystery "@README.txt Mercurial bug"

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 26, 2013, at 09:04 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote:

>I run 'make distclean' fairly often, but maybe it's just out of habit.
>If I'm adding/deleting modules, I want to make sure there are no build
>artifacts. And since I have modified files, a clean checkout won't help
>(easily, at least).

As do I.  I think it still makes sense for us to include a working distclean,
especially since it's a very common target for make-based builds.

-Barry