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i'm running python3 setup.py sdist which simply suppose to creates distribution package in dist folder. I don't understand where and why egg_info is coming in my package? what is the importance ?

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egg_info is package metadata. It stores data about your package, like its name, version, and dependencies. https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0376/ is a newer standard that uses *.dist-info directories.

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