[Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

[Antoine Pitrou]

Hello,

The FAQ has this weird statement:

“This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize
your code. The .data directory is just a place for any files that are
not normally installed inside site-packages or on the PYTHONPATH.”

But, say, if I want to install some init script to /etc/init.d by using
distutils' data_files argument:

setup.py(...,
    data_files=[('/etc/init.d', ['my-init-script'])]
    )

How is it stored and represented by the wheel format?

Regards

Antoine.