add necessary configrations for pip installation

python-package/setup.py

@@ -2,20 +2,41 @@
 """Setup xgboost package."""
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import sys
-from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import setup,find_packages
+import subprocess
 sys.path.insert(0, '.')
+#build on the fly
+
+build_sh = subprocess.Popen(['sh','xgboost/build-python.sh'])
+build_sh.wait()
+output = build_sh.communicate()
+print output
+
 import xgboost
 
 LIB_PATH = xgboost.core.find_lib_path()
+#print LIB_PATH
 
+#to deploy to pip, please use
+#make pythonpack
+#python setup.py register sdist upload
+#and be sure to test it firstly using "python setup.py register sdist upload -r pypitest"
 setup(name='xgboost',
       version=xgboost.__version__,
+      #version='0.4a12',
       description=xgboost.__doc__,
       install_requires=[
           'numpy',
           'scipy',
       ],
+      maintainer = 'Hongliang Liu',
+      maintainer_email = 'phunter.lau@gmail.com',
       zip_safe=False,
-      packages=['xgboost'],
-      data_files=[('xgboost', [LIB_PATH[0]])],
+      packages = find_packages(),
+      #package_dir = {'':'xgboost'}, #don't need this and don't use this, give everything to MANIFEST.in
+      #package_data = {'': ['*.txt','*.md','*.sh'],
+      #               }
+      include_package_data=True, #this will use MANIFEST.in during install where we specify additional files, this is the golden line
+      data_files=[('xgboost',LIB_PATH),
+                  ],
       url='https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost')