This document describes how to build a native Python source package
for distribution via Pypi.

First configure the project using 'cmake'. You do not need to build or
install the project. See the INSTALL.md file at the project's top
directory for details.

Once you have configured (via cmake) the project, go to the Python
bindings directory in the build directory.  For example, assuming the
build directory is named 'build':

$ cd build/proton-c/bindings/python

In that directory there will be a 'dist' subdirectory - move to that
directory.

You can now run the setup.py script from within the dist directory to
build your source distribution package.

To build a Python source distribution:

$ python ./setup.py sdist

To build and install:

$ python ./setup.py build install