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Hey. I don't know the details, but your setup.py needs to use either the 'p=
ackage_data' or the 'data_files' entry in the dict you pass to setup. These=
 can specify files you want included in the sdist which aren't package file=
s.

There are many complications with using them though. One of them in particu=
lar (I don't remember which one) installs the files you specify in a differ=
ent place depending on whether the user is installing the sdist from local =
files (python setup.py install) or using pip, so be sure to test both ways.=