Distutils register command creates non-standard multipart data

[kb-1000]

BPO	30613
Nosy	@merwok, @zooba, @dstufft, @kb-1000
PRs	bpo-30613: Fix that the distutils register command generates invalid HTTP multipart data #6596

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2021-02-03.18:19:26.731>
created_at = <Date 2017-06-09.11:55:25.942>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Distutils register command creates non-standard multipart data'
updated_at = <Date 2021-02-03.18:19:26.731>
user = 'https://github.com/kb-1000'

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issue_num = 30613
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priority = 'normal'
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stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30613'
versions = ['Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

[kb-1000]

It is using b"\n" newline instead of b"\r\n".

[merwok]

I think this is a duplicate, could you search existing bugs?

But given bpo-33071 , is this still relevant?

[kb-1000]

Yes, I think it's relevant,

"not require register anymore, although other package indexes might"

This means other package indexes are required to be able to parse this HTTP. That's not good and has lead to workarounds (chishop for example= which might change the long-description in the body.
And it seems like the command hasn't changed since I developed the patch (around 10 months ago).

[zooba]

Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP-632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils.

If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If you believe it still requires a fix, most likely the issue should be re-reported at https://github.com/pypa/setuptools