[Distutils] Including tests in source package

[Ben Finney]

Stanisław Pitucha <viraptor at gmail.com> writes:

> If I do:
>
> setup(
>    packages = find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
>    test_suite = "tests",
>    ...
>
> this doesn't package tests anywhere.
[…]

> Essentially I want either tests.py, or tests/__init__.py to be
> distributed in sdist, but not in bdist.

I am using effectively the same as you describe above, but I get the
result you are seeking: the sdist contains the test suite, and the
binary dist does not.

Have a look at Gracie <URL:http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gracie> for an
example that works for me. Perhaps it can help you find what's different
that causes the problem you're seeing.

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Ben Finney