[Distutils] Deprecate MANIFEST.in

[Ben Finney]

David Cournapeau <david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp> writes:

> Tres Seaver wrote:
> > There are three classes of files here:
> >
> > - "source" files, which should be under version control, and
> > included (by default) in the sdist.
> >
> > - "derived" files, which should *not* be under version control,
> > but which might (in certain circumstances) be included in the
> > sdist. E.g., the C file generated from a Pyrex / Cython source
> > file, to enable builds on systems without Pyrex / Cython
> > installed.
> >
> > - "stray" files, not under version control. These shuold *never*
> > be in an sdist.
> 
> Why those assumptions on what people can do. That's exactly what's
> wrong with distutils for me, all those untold assumptions, which are
> 'obviously' correct. As I said previously, including built
> documentation is something I use MANIFEST.in for, and should be
> supported, or at least possible.

That is, IIUC, covered by the “derived” class in Tres's list.

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Ben Finney