Integrate functionality from check-manifest
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Description
Originally reported by: freakboy3742 (Bitbucket: freakboy3742, GitHub: freakboy3742)
A common problem with Python packaging is creating and maintaining an accurate MANIFEST/MANIFEST.in file. It's easy to add a new submodule or piece of documentation, forget to include it in your MANIFEST, upload a release to PyPI, then have to issue a new point release to correct the problem.
check-manifest is a package that addresses this problem. If you run the command, it builds a source distribution and checks to see if there are files in the source directory that aren't in the package distribution; if there are missing files, it suggests MANIFEST.in rules that would correct the omission. It can also be used to generate an initial MANIFEST.in for a project.
In my opinion, check-manifest is sufficiently useful functionality that it warrants being part of setuptools itself.
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Research direction
No setuptools files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing check-manifest's documented behavior and the setuptools repository structure to identify where source-distribution manifest handling belongs. Done would require an agreed integration scope and equivalent checks or manifest generation within setuptools.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100