[Distutils] package_data not used by sdist command

2007-01-22 Thread Jim Fulton
It appears that the sdist command doesn't consult the data passed in the package_data option to setup. I want to name data that isn't under version control for inclusion. Because sdist doesn't pay attention to package_data, the data I'm naming isn't included in the source distribution. It is in

Re: [Distutils] RFC: Standard Declaration of tests in eggs

2007-01-22 Thread Jim Fulton
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 01:11 PM 1/5/2007 -0500, Jim Fulton wrote: >> Phillip J. Eby wrote: >> ... Why can't an entry point invoke a test loader itself? This seems much simpler and more straightforward to me. >>> Because that requires you to write code for something that can >>> adequ

Re: [Distutils] RFC: Standard Declaration of tests in eggs

2007-01-22 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 10:14 AM 1/22/2007 -0500, Jim Fulton wrote: >I'd rather let people use whatever framework >they want to do this and to control this from Python. The approach I suggested certainly allows that to happen, and if the default loader is either unittest's default loader or setuptools' scanning load

Re: [Distutils] RFC: Standard Declaration of tests in eggs

2007-01-22 Thread Jim Fulton
Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 10:14 AM 1/22/2007 -0500, Jim Fulton wrote: >> I'd rather let people use whatever framework >> they want to do this and to control this from Python. > > The approach I suggested certainly allows that to happen, I know. That's why I wouldn't object to it. Jim -- Jim F