setup.py must be in sources root

[NaaN108]

the setup.py file must exist in the root import source directory preventing project structures such as src/application where application is the sources root but setup.py is on the same level as src/

package structure

src/
    application/
         __init__.py
        cli/
            __init__.py
            main.py
        controller/
            __init__.py
            math.py
setup.py

cx_freeze_broken.zip

I'd like to have a way to maintain this package structure where src and setup.py are on the same level without changing the import structure.

• Platform information: Windows 10
• OS architecture: amd64
• cx_Freeze version: 6.11.1
• Python version: 3.8.10

[marcelotduarte]

I have not tested this, but, if your intention it to use setuptools find_package this snippet should match this issue:

from setuptools import find_packages
setup(
    # ...,
    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
    package_dir={"": "src"},
    include_package_data=True
)

[NaaN108]

unfortunately this didn't address the issue after running the packaged application the following error is raised

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Natha Paquette\OneDrive - Sparx Services North America\Documents\AZDevOps\cx_freeze_broken\example_venv\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\__startup__.py", line 120, in run
    module_init.run(name + "__main__")
  File "C:\Users\Natha Paquette\OneDrive - Sparx Services North America\Documents\AZDevOps\cx_freeze_broken\example_venv\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console.py", line 16, in run
    exec(code, module_main.__dict__)
  File "src\application\main.py", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'application'

[jontis]

I have a similar or the same issue.

reporoot/
    src/
        main.py
        lib/
            module1.py
            module2.py

if i build from setup.py in reporoot, the appication will not find modules 1 or 2.
However, if i put setup.py in reporoot/src and build, it all works.
I am open to suggestions that I'm using cx_freeze wrong as well as structured the repo wrong.
cx_freeze 6.16.0.dev11
BTW, thanks for the option to build appimages, works like a charm :-)
python 3.10
linux x86_64 6.5

setup.py:

import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

script_path = "main.py"
include_files = ["lib/"]

exe = Executable(
    script=script_path,
)

options = {
    "build_exe": {
        "includes": [],
        "excludes": [],
        "packages": ["pyabf", "neo", "tqdm", "sklearn"],
        "include_files": include_files
    }
}


setup(
    name="Brainwash",
    version="0.1",
    description="",
    options=options,
    executables=[exe],
    base=base