[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Éric Araujo added the comment: Even if MANIFEST.in is gone, we still have a way to include files, so the request to allow globs to match directories still apply. -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Alexis Metaireau added the comment: The MANIFEST.in is definitely gone in distutils2. Can we close that? (don't have the rights to do so ‑ it can be handy on distutils2 bugs) -- nosy: +alexis ___ Python tracker

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Since there will be be separate patches for each Python version, it does not much matter. But I will try to notice when an issue for for D2 and leave such alone. -- nosy: +tjreedy ___ Python tracker

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Éric Araujo added the comment: Terry, I’m undoing your changes. Tarek told me to set these versions, since Distutils2 will be compatible from 2.4 to 3.2. Triaging-ly y’rs ;) -- versions: +Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1 ___ Python tra

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

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[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Éric Araujo added the comment: Hello Tarek, could you briefly explain the arguments that convinced you? If MANIFEST.in is removed, perhaps we could use convention instead of configuration to categorize files, like what DistutilsExtra does: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~python-distutils-extra-

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: After some discussion at Pycon, I was convinced that MANIFEST.in should be removed. I'll send a mail about this in Distutils-SIG and if there's a consensus, I'll deprecate it and also add glob pattern for package_data. -- priority: -> high versions: +Pyt

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

George Sakkis added the comment: > I am no in favor of MANIFEST.in removal because I find it very > convenient to define what is included in a package and I rarely use > package_data or data_files. AFAIK the MANIFEST is used only by sdist; what's the point of including files in the archive sd

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: I am no in favor of MANIFEST.in removal because I find it very convenient to define what is included in a package and I rarely use package_data or data_files. So I am -1 on its deprecation. That said, having a mechanism to include directory recursively sounds goo

[issue5302] Allow package_data globs match directories

New submission from George Sakkis : Currently each glob defined in package_data must match files only; if it matches a directory, it raises an exception later when calling copy_file(). This means that a glob like 'mydata/*' will fail if there is any subdirectory under 'mydata'. One simple useful