_Warning: Package 'faster _whisper.assets' is absent from the `packages` configuration.

[otakutyrant]

I was trying to package faster-whiser in Arch Linux. But in building the package, it warned:

...
/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_py.py:207: _Warning: Package 'faster_whisper.assets' is absent from the `packages` configuration.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        ############################
        # Package would be ignored #
        ############################
        Python recognizes 'faster_whisper.assets' as an importable package[^1],
        but it is absent from setuptools' `packages` configuration.

        This leads to an ambiguous overall configuration. If you want to distribute this
        package, please make sure that 'faster_whisper.assets' is explicitly added
        to the `packages` configuration field.

        Alternatively, you can also rely on setuptools' discovery methods
        (for example by using `find_namespace_packages(...)`/`find_namespace:`
        instead of `find_packages(...)`/`find:`).

        You can read more about "package discovery" on setuptools documentation page:

        - https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/package_discovery.html

        If you don't want 'faster_whisper.assets' to be distributed and are
        already explicitly excluding 'faster_whisper.assets' via
        `find_namespace_packages(...)/find_namespace` or `find_packages(...)/find`,
        you can try to use `exclude_package_data`, or `include-package-data=False` in
        combination with a more fine grained `package-data` configuration.

        You can read more about "package data files" on setuptools documentation page:

        - https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/datafiles.html

        [^1]: For Python, any directory (with suitable naming) can be imported,
              even if it does not contain any `.py` files.
              On the other hand, currently there is no concept of package data
              directory, all directories are treated like packages.
        ********************************************************************************
...

[trungkienbkhn]

@otakutyrant , Could you find this line in your log? copying build/lib/faster_whisper/assets/silero_vad.onnx -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/faster_whisper/assets If it exists, I think the fw is built okay. You can try to test the newly built package and report if it causes any error.

[otakutyrant]

Hello, there was a line: copying build/lib/faster_whisper/assets/silero_vad.onnx -> /home/otakutyrant/Projects/whisper/pkg/python-faster-whisper/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/faster_whisper/assets. I know the warning is just a warning, and I built the package successfully.

I will make a PR to solve the issue if you agree.

[trungkienbkhn]

@otakutyrant Feel free to open a new PR if needed :smiley: