setup.py improvements: now including py.typed, excluding tests folder, and using zip_safe=False

Author: Sylvain MARIE

autoclass/py.typed

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
     # You can just specify the packages manually here if your project is
     # simple. Or you can use find_packages().
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', '*tests*']),
 
     # Alternatively, if you want to distribute just a my_module.py, uncomment
     # this:
@@ -130,14 +130,16 @@
     # $ pip install -e .[dev,test]
     extras_require=EXTRAS_REQUIRE,
 
-    obsoletes=OBSOLETES
+    obsoletes=OBSOLETES,
 
     # If there are data files included in your packages that need to be
     # installed, specify them here.  If using Python 2.6 or less, then these
     # have to be included in MANIFEST.in as well.
-    # package_data={
-    #     'sample': ['package_data.dat'],
-    # },
+    # Note: we use the empty string so that this also works with submodules
+    package_data={"": ['py.typed', '*.pyi']},
+    # IMPORTANT: DO NOT set the `include_package_data` flag !! It triggers inclusion of all git-versioned files
+    # see https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/190#issuecomment-351181286
+    # include_package_data=True,
 
     # Although 'package_data' is the preferred approach, in some case you may
     # need to place data files outside of your packages. See:
@@ -153,4 +155,10 @@
     #         'sample=sample:main',
     #     ],
     # },
+
+    # explicitly setting the flag to avoid `ply` being downloaded
+    # see https://github.com/smarie/python-getversion/pull/5
+    # and to make mypy happy
+    # see https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installed_packages.html
+    zip_safe=False,
 )