def _patch_distribution_metadata_write_pkg_info():
    """
    Workaround issue #197 - Python 3 prior to 3.2.2 uses an environment-local
    encoding to save the pkg_info. Monkey-patch its write_pkg_info method to
    correct this undesirable behavior.
    """
    environment_local = (3,) <= sys.version_info[:3] < (3, 2, 2)
    if not environment_local:
        return

    # from Python 3.4
    def write_pkg_info(self, base_dir):
        """Write the PKG-INFO file into the release tree.
        """
        with open(os.path.join(base_dir, 'PKG-INFO'), 'w',
                  encoding='UTF-8') as pkg_info:
            self.write_pkg_file(pkg_info)

    distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata.write_pkg_info = write_pkg_info
Workaround issue #197 - Python 3 prior to 3.2.2 uses an environment-local
    encoding to save the pkg_info. Monkey-patch its write_pkg_info method to
    correct this undesirable behavior.