From d8aa1dc025ccc2c2249f90d9edf17a09848a0ddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miles Granger <miles59923@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:15:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude Python conftest and tests when PYARROW_INSTALL_TESTS
 not on

---
 python/setup.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 97e0f0772..9fd7c4800 100755
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -622,9 +622,14 @@ else:
 
 if strtobool(os.environ.get('PYARROW_INSTALL_TESTS', '1')):
     packages = find_namespace_packages(include=['pyarrow*'])
+    exclude_package_data = {}
 else:
     packages = find_namespace_packages(include=['pyarrow*'],
                                        exclude=["pyarrow.tests*"])
+    # setuptools adds back importable packages even when excluded.
+    # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3260
+    # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3340#issuecomment-1219383976
+    exclude_package_data = {"pyarrow": ["tests*"]}
 
 
 setup(
@@ -633,6 +638,7 @@ setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     package_data={'pyarrow': ['*.pxd', '*.pyx', 'includes/*.pxd']},
     include_package_data=True,
+    exclude_package_data=exclude_package_data,
     distclass=BinaryDistribution,
     # Dummy extension to trigger build_ext
     ext_modules=[Extension('__dummy__', sources=[])],
-- 
2.37.1