Re: Test suite in github but missing from pypi tarballs
Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi@mithrandi.net> writes:
> With my upstream developer hat on: source packages on PyPI are meant for
> end users to install via pip. They often include generated artifacts, and
> don't include things that aren't intended for installation via pip (tests
> being just one of these).
>
> For distribution packaging purposes, the GitHub tags are generally
> preferrable. GitHub makes archives of tagged releases available as
> tarballs, so this is generally a simple tweak to debian/watch.
Forgot to mention: In PyPI there is an application called
"check-manifest" that will check to ensure all files in git will be
included in the PyPI release, and suggest changes to MANIFEST.in.
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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