[Distutils] "Out of source" bdist_egg, missing metadata

[David Cournapeau]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Augusto Destrero <destrero at imavis.com> wrote:
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>
> I've a question on setuptools egg creation. I've a directory structure like
> this:
>
> python_libs/
> |---- setup_foo
> |     |---- setup.py
> |---- src
> |     |---- foo
> |     |     |---- __init__.py
> |     |     |---- foo_module.py
> |     |---- bar
> |     |     |---- __init__.py
> |     |     |---- bar_module.py
> |     |---- common
> |     |     |---- __init__.py
> |     |     |---- common_module.py

I guess you have a reason to do so, but I would strongly advice
against doing what you are doing. Distutils has no notion of src
directory, and you will hit all kind of corner cases.

> Basically I have a src directory containing three packages (foo, bar and
> common), and I have a setup_foo directory OUTSIDE src, where I want to build
> an egg containing foo and common packages, and NOT bar package.

Split the packages, then, that's by far the best solution. Handle the
aggregation at a higher level using one of the existing tool (either
python tool, or system packaging tool depending on your preference).


David