[issue38709] distutils - setuptools - alias command removes comments from setup.cfg

Steve Dower added the comment: 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 y

[issue38709] distutils - setuptools - alias command removes comments from setup.cfg

Arno-Can Uestuensoez added the comment: Current related issues are: issue 38714 issue 38711 issue 38709 -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue38709] distutils - setuptools - alias command removes comments from setup.cfg

New submission from Arno-Can Uestuensoez : The command 'alias' rewrites the configuration file completely when a new alias is added. The default file is 'setup.cfg'. All comments of the original file are stripped off before, though the new 'setup.cfg' does not contain any comments. The comme