manifest: only include required files, rest are not need for install.

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
-include README.rst
-include LICENSE.txt
+# C Liburing START >>>
+graft libs/liburing/src
 
-# C Liburing
-include libs/liburing/LICENSE
-include libs/liburing/COPYING
-include libs/liburing/COPYING.GPL
 include libs/liburing/configure
-
-graft libs/liburing/src/arch
-
-include libs/liburing/src/include/liburing.h
-include libs/liburing/src/include/liburing/barrier.h
-include libs/liburing/src/include/liburing/io_uring.h
+include libs/liburing/liburing-ffi.pc.in
+include libs/liburing/liburing.pc.in
+include libs/liburing/liburing.spec
+include libs/liburing/Makefile
+include libs/liburing/Makefile.common
+include libs/liburing/Makefile.quiet
+include libs/liburing/LICENSE
 
 exclude libs/liburing/src/include/liburing/io_uring_version.h
 exclude libs/liburing/src/include/liburing/compat.h
+# C Liburing END <<<
 
-graft src/liburing
 graft example
 graft test
 
-global-exclude *.py[cod]  # note: must run last to exclude properly
+exclude src/liburing/*.c
+global-exclude *.py[cod] *.so # note: must run last to exclude properly

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=60", "wheel", "cython>=3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["setuptools>=60", "wheel", "cython>=3"]
 
 [project]
 name = "liburing"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = ["Topic :: Software Development",
                "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
                "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
                "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-               "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha"]
+               "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha"]
                # 1 - Planning
                # 2 - Pre-Alpha
                # 3 - Alpha
@@ -36,20 +36,14 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/YoSTEALTH/Liburing/issues"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest"]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-zip-safe = false
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["src"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr="liburing.__version__"}
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"*" = ["*.pyx", "*.pxd"]
-
-[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
-"*" = ["*.c"]
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-where = ["src"]
+"*" = ["*.pyx", "*.pxd", "*.h"]
 
 # for debugging locally
 # ---------------------
@@ -64,4 +58,4 @@ where = ["src"]
 #     "raise NotImplementedError",
 #     "memory_error\\(self\\)",
 #     "index_error\\(self, index, '.*'\\)"
-# ]
+# ]