Re: enhance release experience

On 11/17/14, 3:24 PM, Jens W. Klein wrote:
> so I just wanted to ...
>
> release.
>
> and i hit a snakepit.
>
> It seems today I found two thing we NEVER ever should do in a python
> package:
>
> 1)
> use symlinks. This will fail. If not now, then in future. But it will.
> It just increases the chance of a brown bag release enormous.
>
> 2)
> use a MANIFEST.in. Seriously. It seems we just do NOT need it at all.
> Delete it. Current setuptools seems to work fine w/o, includes all
> files, given a release is done from a tag checkout (as we do with
> zestreleaser, jarn.mkrelease, ...). Just add only files meant for
> release in git, manage your .gitignore careful. Then -  using
> include_package_data=True, all is in.
> see also https://twitter.com/narocz/status/534404233827983360
>
This is true now even if you don't have setuptools-git in your Python 
environment? That used to be necessary.

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