How to distribute `.desktop` files and icons for a Python package in Gnome (with distutils or setuptools)?

Question

Currently I\'m using the auto-tools to build/install and package a project of mine, but I would really like to move to something that feels more \"pythonic\".

My pro

Answer 1

You can try to use python-distutils-extra. The DistUtilsExtra.auto module automatically supports .desktop files, as well as Glade/GtkBuilder .ui files, Python modules and scripts, misc data files, etc.

It should work both with Distutils and Setuptools.