> Apparently setuptools.command.easy_install.get_script_header() imports
> distutils.command.build_scripts.first_line_re and checks if this regex
> matches a str object, which results in TypeError. If breaking
> compatibility is not acceptable, then the surrogateescape patch should
> be applied.

Setuptools is not compatible with 3.x TTBOMK; distribute is, but could
be fixed quickly, so there is no compat problem with this (these)
library(ries).  However, the public/private status of first_line_re is
unclear, so there could be other projects out there depending on its
type.  Given that there is already one patch in distutils that uses
surrogateescape, I think we could accept another similar patch.