[Distutils] Help to create a setup.py (subdirectories aren't working)

[John Posner]

On 3/25/2010 4:34 PM, P.J. Eby wrote:
> <snip>
> Essentially, if you want a DRY (repetition-free) setup, use either 
> MANIFEST.in or the revision control system to specify your package 
> data files, and then just use include_package_data=True in the 
> setup().  (From at least setuptools' POV, package_data is a "legacy" 
> feature, rather than a recommended one.)
>
>

Thanks for the very helpful explanation!

-John