2.0.0: Don't install docs nor newsfragments
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 88/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
Research direction
Start in pyproject.toml at [tool.setuptools.packages.find] and review the package exclusions shown in the issue. Build or install version 2.0.0 in the reported environment, then inspect site-packages to verify that docs and newsfragments are absent while the package still installs correctly.
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Description
Operating System
macOS (Apple Silicon)
Version Information
3.14
Environment
PkgSrc
Reproduction code
Install version 2.0.0 and observe "docs" and "newsfragments" in `site-packages`.
Additional Context
A patch to fix the issue:
--- pyproject.toml.orig 2026-09-08 11:18:56.117968613 +0000
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dev = [
]
[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-exclude = ["scripts", "scripts.*", "tests", "tests.*"]
+exclude = ["docs", "docs*", "newsfragments", "newsfragments*", "scripts", "scripts.*", "tests", "tests.*"]
[tool.setuptools.package-data]
hexbytes = ["py.typed"]
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 30
- Forks
- 22
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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