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PEP 627: Updating PEP 376; making RECORD optional in installed .dist-info

Hello, PEP 376, the current standard, specifies that the RECORD file is a mandatory part of the *.dist-info/ directory. In Fedora, we pack Python packages in RPM, and we have trouble generating correct RECORD files. When a file changes (e.g. a shebang is adjusted), the hash needs to change. When a file is removed or added, that needs to be reflected in the RECORD. We don’t really have the tooling to reflect file-set changes in a file that’s also part of the set. It could be possible to build …

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