Add tests to PyPI source tarball?

[jluttine]

Could you include tests in the source tarball in PyPI? I think it's typically considered good practice:

• https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/sourcedist.html#specifying-the-files-to-distribute
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/20180000

Many significant Python packages (e.g., numpy, scipy, pandas) are including the tests in PyPI source tarball. This makes it possible to use the official PyPI release and run tests to check that everything is working.

Alternatively, I can use GitHub, but then it'd be nice if the PyPI releases were tagged on GitHub so I know which commit is which release exactly.

I'm packaging pytzwhere to a Linux distro and as part of the building process, the unit tests are run, that's why I'd like to have the tests available while using the official release from PyPI.

[pegler]

Hi @jluttine! That's very cool to hear! Pull requests are welcome. I'd be happy to merge and release a new version with tests.