setup.py exclude some python files from bdist

Question

I have a django project with this kind of architecture :

• setup.py
• project/
  • __init__.py
  • manage.py
  • settings/
    • __init

Answer 1

def without_app(item):
    # http://docs.python.org/release/2.2.1/lib/string-methods.html
    return not bool(item.find('app_name') + 1) 

# help(filter) - use in command line to read the docstring
packages = filter(without_app, find_packages())