Including a data folder in a python package using setup.cfg
I have the following setup.cfg file, a usual project I want to publish to pypi and which should be shipped with a data folder, in my case ru_core_news_sm-3.1.0. (I am using setuptools):
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A tweet reads:
No module named pkg_resources
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How include static files to setuptools – python package
I want to include the ./static/data.txt to setuptools, here is my code: