old_contents: """distutils
  
  The main package for the Python Module Distribution Utilities.  Normally
  used from a setup script as
  
     from distutils.core import setup
  
     setup (...)
  """
  
  # This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
  
  __revision__ = "$Id$"
  
  __version__ = "1.0.4"
  
new_contents: """distutils
  
  The main package for the Python Module Distribution Utilities.  Normally
  used from a setup script as
  
     from distutils.core import setup
  
     setup (...)
  """
  
  # This module should be kept compatible with Python 1.5.2.
  
  __revision__ = "$Id$"
  
  __version__ = "2.4.0"
  
subject: Make the distutils version number the same as the python version. It must be literally contained here, because it is still possible to install this distutils in older Python versions.