I am creating an app and I'm using py2app so I can create a package I can distribute. Because I will be distributing my app as a download, I am trying to get its size down.
My app uses matplotlib, a rather large module. I noticed that py2app included a tests folder from matplotlib that is very large (48.7 MB). I was wondering if there was a way to tell py2app to exclude this particular file instead of me having to manually delete it from the app's contents (The app still works fine if I remove it that way).
I know py2app has an excludes parameter, but nothing I try seems to remove files from within the module (I've even tried a full file path). Is there a way to tell py2app to remove files like this? Also, am I fine with just manually deleting the file like I did?
Here is the file path I'm trying to remove:
AppName/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.4/matplotlib/tests
I am using Python 3.4
