10 Apr
2012
10 Apr
'12
1:12 a.m.
On Mar 21, 2012 10:19 PM, "Éric Araujo" merwok@netwok.org wrote:
From a quick look at the code setuptools’ sdist command ignores MANIFEST.in and MANIFEST altogether and takes the list of files from the version control system.
No, MANIFEST.in is used, it's just that setuptools doesn't depend on the MANIFEST file. Distutils by itself can end up with a stale MANIFEST file, so setuptools ignores it. MANIFEST.in, on the other hand, is used as a supplement to any available revision control info.
The main problem the OP will have here is that putting multiple distributions in a single directory isn't well-supported by distutils or any distutils-based build systems that I know of at the moment.