[Python-modules-team] Bug#814571: Bug#814571: python-setuptools-whl and python-pip-whl: error when trying to install together

[Barry Warsaw]

On Feb 13, 2016, at 07:27 AM, Ralf Treinen wrote:

>Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages
>(according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be
>slightly out of sync):
>
>  /usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-20.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
>
>This bug has been filed against both packages. If you, the maintainers of
>the two packages in question, have agreed on which of the packages will
>resolve the problem please reassign the bug to that package. You may then
>also register in the BTS that the other package is affected by the bug.

It is a bug in setuptools and I forwarded a patch to the maintainer.  I'm
happy to NMU it if preferred.