[stable-2.12] Fix MANIFEST.in includes (#80147) (#80150)

* [stable-2.12] Fix MANIFEST.in includes (#80147).

(cherry picked from commit 7c62cdeecd)

* Include additional packaging files

MANIFEST.in

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ recursive-include lib/ansible/modules/windows *.ps1
 recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *.yml *.j2 README.md ansible.cfg inventory .git_keep
 recursive-include lib/ansible/config *.yml
 recursive-include licenses *.txt
-recursive-include packaging *
+recursive-include packaging Makefile *.py
+recursive-include packaging/arch *
+recursive-include packaging/debian *
+recursive-include packaging/gentoo *
+recursive-include packaging/macports *
 recursive-include test/ansible_test *.py Makefile
 recursive-include test/integration *
 recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/config *.yml *.template
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data *.cfg *.ini *.ps1 *.txt *.yml cove
 recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util *.cfg *.json *.ps1 *.psd1 *.py *.sh *.txt *.yml
 recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules validate-modules
 recursive-include test/sanity *.json *.py *.txt
-recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs
+recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs *.md
 exclude test/sanity/code-smell/botmeta.*
 recursive-include test/units *
 include Makefile

changelogs/fragments/fix-manifest.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
+  - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.

test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ def assemble_files_to_ship(complete_file_list):
         'hacking/return_skeleton_generator.py',
         'hacking/test-module',
         'hacking/test-module.py',
-        'test/support/README.md',
         '.cherry_picker.toml',
         '.mailmap',
         # Generated as part of a build step