Less known packaging features and tricks

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Covers lesser-known pip/setuptools/virtualenv and Python packaging features and tools that can simplify packaging and avoid common problems. Gives concrete patterns and tricks for setup.py usage, shows obscure features useful to package authors and users, and surveys some emerging alternative packaging tools.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:22What's going on in a setup.py? It's a really nasty archiver There are a bunch of options from distutils
3. 3:21Setting the record straight Mandatory clarifications: packages vs distributions
4. 3:58Types of archives
5. 5:24File gathering: sdist
6. 6:28Inside setup.py: packages (2)
7. 10:30Advices for MANIFEST.in
8. 13:00Inside setup.py: data_files
9. 13:55A quick interlude: applications If you really need data_files you are probably trying to package an application. - Use a specialized package likes
10. 16:12A quick interlude: dependencies
11. 17:03Importing code in setup.py Don't do this
12. 20:44Optional dependencies
13. 21:51A quick interlude: Tox
14. 22:30Other ways to manage environments
15. 23:37Environment markers - PEP-426
16. 24:58Coverage for C extensions Easy to do on Linux
17. 25:38Uploading
18. 28:34Ending

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