How do I make setup.py include a file that isn’t part of the code? (Specifically, it’s a license file, but it could be any other thing.)
How do I make setup.py include a file that isn’t part of the code?
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How do I make setup.py include a file that isn’t part of the code? (Specifically, it’s a license file, but it could be any other thing.)
http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files is all you should need.
Since you mentioned a license file, you can include additional meta-data (such as a license) this way.