python - setup.py 中包含哪些包？

Question

我正在阅读this article ，它有这样的代码:

from distutils.core import setup

setup(name='Distutils',
      version='1.0',
      description='Python Distribution Utilities',
      author='Greg Ward',
      author_email='<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95f2e2f4e7f1d5e5ece1fdfafbbbfbf0e1" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">[email protected]</a>',
      url='https://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/',
      packages=['distutils', 'distutils.command'],
     )

我想知道包是什么。它们是文件夹/目录吗？或者一种文件类型？或者它是 zip 或 py 文件？

任何帮助将不胜感激。

Answer 1

直接来自您自己的链接。

( Relevant section )

The packages option tells the Distutils to process (build, distribute, install, etc.) all pure Python modules found in each package mentioned in the packages list.

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Thus, when you say packages = ['foo'] in your setup script, you are promising that the Distutils will find a file foo/__init__.py