Exclude cygrpc.so from the Python package

PYTHON-MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-graft src/python/grpcio/grpc
+recursive-include src/python/grpcio/grpc *.c *.h *.py *.pyx *.pxd *.pxi *.python *.pem
+recursive-exclude src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython *.so *.pyd
 graft src/python/grpcio/tests
 graft src/core
 graft include/grpc

setup.py

@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ PACKAGE_DATA = {
     'grpc._cython': [
         '_windows/grpc_c.32.python',
         '_windows/grpc_c.64.python',
-        'cygrpc.so',
     ],
 }
 if INSTALL_TESTS:

src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py

@@ -100,3 +100,5 @@ def update_setup_arguments(setup_arguments):
     sys.stderr.write(
         'could not write precompiled extension to directory: {} -> {}\n'
             .format(url, target_path))
+    return
+  setup_arguments['package_data']['grpc._cython'].append('cygrpc.so')

tools/run_tests/build_artifact_python.sh

@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ then
   pip install -rrequirements.txt
 fi
 
+# Build the source distribution first because MANIFEST.in cannot override
+# exclusion of built shared objects among package resources (for some
+# inexplicable reason).
+GRPC_PYTHON_USE_CUSTOM_BDIST=0  \
+GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
+${SETARCH_CMD} python setup.py  \
+    sdist
+
 # The bdist_wheel_grpc_custom command is finicky about command output ordering
 # and thus ought to be run in a shell command separate of others. Further, it
 # trashes the actual bdist_wheel output, so it should be run first so that
@@ -48,11 +56,12 @@ GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
 ${SETARCH_CMD} python setup.py  \
     build_tagged_ext
 
+# Wheel has a bug where directories don't get excluded.
+# https://bitbucket.org/pypa/wheel/issues/99/cannot-exclude-directory
 GRPC_PYTHON_USE_CUSTOM_BDIST=0  \
 GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 \
 ${SETARCH_CMD} python setup.py  \
-    bdist_wheel                 \
+    bdist_wheel
-    sdist
 
 mkdir -p artifacts