[issue35893] distutils fails to build extension on windows when it is a package.__init__

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> added the comment:

Agreed that it should go to setuptools in order to support third-party packages.

In general, those of us who ever touch distutils these days (basically just me?) are only really maintaining those parts necessary to build Python and its own modules. Since this doesn't impact that scenario, it's not going to get much attention until there's at least a PR and tests to review.

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versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.8

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