'Read the manifest file (named by \'self.manifest\') and use it to
fill in \'self.filelist\', the list of files to include in the source
distribution.'

def read_manifest(self):

    log.info("reading    manifest    file    '%s'", self.manifest)
    manifest = open(self.manifest)
    for line in manifest:
        line = line.strip()
        if (line.startswith('#') or (not line)):
            continue
        self.filelist.append(line)
    manifest.close()
