__init__.py created in /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tests when installed with pip

[doronbehar]

I'm reporting this issue after pimutils/todoman#302 . Here is my output when I run pip show --files gogs_client:

Name: gogs-client
Version: 1.0.6
Summary: A python library for interacting with a gogs server
Home-page: https://github.com/unfoldingWord-dev/python-gogs-client
Author: unfoldingWord
Author-email: ethantkoenig@gmail.com
License: MIT
Location: /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requires: requests, future, attrs
Required-by: 
Files:
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/DESCRIPTION.rst
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/INSTALLER
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/METADATA
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/RECORD
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/WHEEL
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/metadata.json
  gogs_client-1.0.6.dist-info/top_level.txt
  gogs_client/__init__.py
  gogs_client/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/__pycache__/auth.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/__pycache__/interface.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/__pycache__/updates.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/_implementation/__init__.py
  gogs_client/_implementation/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/_implementation/__pycache__/http_utils.cpython-36.pyc
  gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py
  gogs_client/auth.py
  gogs_client/entities.py
  gogs_client/interface.py
  gogs_client/updates.py
  tests/__init__.py
  tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/__pycache__/http_utils_test.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/__pycache__/interface_test.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/__init__.py
  tests/gogs_client/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/__pycache__/auth.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/__pycache__/interface.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/__pycache__/updates.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/_implementation/__init__.py
  tests/gogs_client/_implementation/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/_implementation/__pycache__/http_utils.cpython-36.pyc
  tests/gogs_client/_implementation/http_utils.py
  tests/gogs_client/auth.py
  tests/gogs_client/entities.py
  tests/gogs_client/interface.py
  tests/gogs_client/updates.py
  tests/http_utils_test.py
  tests/interface_test.py

As explained in the issue linked above, the directory tests/ is used in many projects and importing it causes users who have have gogs_client installed to import the wrong module.

[doronbehar]

I've no better clue then you.

[WhyNotHugo]

I can help clarify the issue if you have any more questions, but, long story short, tests/__init__.py is probably not required. It definitely shouldn't get installed.

[doronbehar]

Could it be a problem with the line packages=find_packages()? perhaps tests should be excluded from find_packages()'s output. I'm just guessing..