[Distutils] Overly picky about file URLs

[Jim Fulton]

The local_open function in setuptools.package_index is used to open  
file URLs.  A file URL pointing to a directory is treated as non  
found unless it ends in a "/".  This seems overly restrictive to me.   
Would anyone object if the restriction was relaxed?

Jim

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