distutils install control

[Robin Becker]

I would like to distribute various modules using distutils, but seem to
lack documentation/support for fine control over which
modules/submodules get included and so on. 

For example:

include package x.y but have module x.y.z included as a pyc file (for
security)

include package a.b but exclude particular modules eg a.b.c


generate a manifest of an install. This seems to be something to do with
source distributions, but I would like manifests for the installed
stuff.
-- 
Robin Becker