jt added the comment:
Ok I am now realizing after more tests I actually read the docs correctly, and
in that sense they're not ambiguous.
It's just that I tried to use data_files for something that it's not for: I did
look at package_data first and I get that's what I SHOULD be using, howeve
New submission from jt :
I find the following doc section found at
https://docs.python.org/3.7/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files
about data_files somewhat unclear:
```
setup(...,
data_files=[('bitmaps', ['bm/b1.gif', 'bm/b2.gif']),
('config', ['cfg/
