[Build] `huggingface_hub.templates` absent from setuptools `packages` configuration
envgap__huggingface__huggingface_hub-4422
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03 / ORIGINAL ISSUE TEXT
huggingface/huggingface_hub #4422 · read the original issue
### Describe the bug
Building the package with setuptools produces a warning that `huggingface_hub.templates` is absent from the `packages` configuration:
```
Package 'huggingface_hub.templates' is absent from the `packages` configuration.
Python recognizes 'huggingface_hub.templates' as an importable package,
but it is absent from setuptools' `packages` configuration.
```
### Root cause
`src/huggingface_hub/templates/` is a directory containing `datasetcard_template.md` and `modelcard_template.md` but no `__init__.py`. `find_packages("src")` in `setup.py:114` only discovers packages with `__init__.py`, so `templates` is excluded. However, Python treats any directory as an importable namespace package, triggering the setuptools warning.
### Reproduction
```bash
python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
```
### Suggested fix
Either:
1. Switch to `find_namespace_packages("src")` which discovers namespace packages (directories without `__init__.py`), or
2. Add an empty `__init__.py` to `src/huggingface_hub/templates/`
Option 1 is the modern setuptools recommendation for projects that ship data directories alongside Python packages.
### Environment
- `huggingface_hub` main branch (commit `1e41293`)
- setuptools 80.x, Python 3.1404 / LABELS
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