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+Merge with pypa/distutils@7283751. Removed the register and upload commands and the config module that backs them (pypa/distutils#294). Removed the borland compiler. Replaced vendored dependencies with natural dependencies. Cygwin C compiler now gets compilers from sysconfig (pypa/distutils#296).
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