[meld/build-updates: 5/26] build_helpers: Remove now-unused custom Python build step

[Kai Willadsen <kaiw src gnome org>]

commit 834a40509b0cd5e66dd2b6ca41a8522ef353de8f
Author: Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>
Date:   Sat Aug 13 11:13:26 2022 +1000

    build_helpers: Remove now-unused custom Python build step

 meld/build_helpers.py | 48 ------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 48 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/meld/build_helpers.py b/meld/build_helpers.py
index cfb287bb..d86ffb54 100644
--- a/meld/build_helpers.py
+++ b/meld/build_helpers.py
@@ -297,51 +297,3 @@ class build_i18n(distutils.cmd.Command):
                         self.spawn(cmd)
                     files_merged.append(file_merged)
                 self.distribution.data_files.append((target, files_merged))
-
-
-class build_py(distutils.command.build_py.build_py):
-    """Insert real package installation locations into conf module
-
-    Adapted from gottengeography
-    """
-
-    data_line = 'DATADIR = "%s"'
-    locale_line = 'LOCALEDIR = "%s"'
-
-    def build_module(self, module, module_file, package):
-
-        if module_file == 'meld/conf.py':
-            with open(module_file) as f:
-                contents = f.read()
-
-            try:
-                options = self.distribution.get_option_dict('install')
-                prefix = options['prefix'][1]
-            except KeyError as e:
-                print(e)
-                prefix = sys.prefix
-
-            datadir = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'meld')
-            localedir = os.path.join(prefix, 'share', 'locale')
-
-            start, end = 0, 0
-            lines = contents.splitlines()
-            for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-                if line.startswith('# START'):
-                    start = i
-                elif line.startswith('# END'):
-                    end = i
-
-            if start and end:
-                lines[start:end + 1] = [
-                    self.data_line % datadir,
-                    self.locale_line % localedir,
-                ]
-
-            module_file = module_file + "-installed"
-            contents = "\n".join(lines)
-            with open(module_file, 'w') as f:
-                f.write(contents)
-
-        distutils.command.build_py.build_py.build_module(
-            self, module, module_file, package)