Has anyone tried to create tools that build source Python distributions ( sdist ) without setup.py ? Does Python provide this? Is it possible? Or setup.py is it a required part of any irresistible Python archive hosted on PyPI? If so, where is the PEP for this format?
sdist
setup.py
A Python package is just a bunch of Python files in a folder with possibly a file __init__.py . It can also have subpackages, which are packages within packages.
__init__.py
Typically setup.py not included in any such package.