Fixing devpi package uploads in a Python 3.6.5 world

Upgrading our virtualenv builds to use Python 3.6.5 and the latest versions of setuptools, wheel, pip, and virtualenv broke publication. We use a private devpi server and it rejected the new packages with the error devpi upload does not contain PKGINFO, skipping. This post explains the error cause and how to work around it until a permanent fix for devpi-client 4.0.1 is in place.
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