Remove include_cextern_folder option

QUESTIONS.rst

@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ a description of each of the prompts.
 7. ``project_url``: Project website.
 8. ``include_example_code``: This includes a set of example python files showing you how to use the package template. If you choose ``n`` then none of this will be included and you will have to populate the directory structure before you can import the package.
 9. ``use_compiled_extensions``: Whether you plan to use compiled extensions in your package
-10. ``include_cextern_folder``: The cextern folder should be used if you are including non-python C code.
-11. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
-12. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
-13. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
-14. ``use_read_the_docs``: If ``'y'`` the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
-15. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
-16. ``required_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of required dependencies
-17. ``optional_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of optional dependencies
-18. ``minimum_python_version``: Version string of minimum supported Python version
+10. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
+11. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
+12. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
+13. ``use_read_the_docs``: If ``'y'`` the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
+14. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
+15. ``required_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of required dependencies
+16. ``optional_dependencies``: Comma-separated list of optional dependencies
+17. ``minimum_python_version``: Version string of minimum supported Python version

cookiecutter.json

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "author_email": "",
     "license": ["BSD 3-Clause", "GNU GPL v3+", "Apache Software Licence 2.0", "BSD 2-Clause", "Other"],
     "project_url": "http://docs.astropy.org/projects/package-template/",
-    "include_cextern_folder": "n",
     "use_compiled_extensions": "y",
     "include_example_code": "y",
     "edit_on_github_extension": "False",

docs/options.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ a description of each of the prompts:
 #. ``project_url``: Project website.
 #. ``include_example_code``: This includes a set of example python files showing you how to use the package template. If you choose ``n`` then none of this will be included and you will have to populate the directory structure before you can import the package.
 #. ``use_compiled_extensions``: Whether you plan to use compiled extensions in your package
-#. ``include_cextern_folder``: The cextern folder should be used if you are including non-python C code.
 #. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
 #. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
 #. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.

hooks/post_gen_project.py

@@ -54,6 +54,3 @@ def process_licence(licence_name):
 
     if '{{ cookiecutter.use_compiled_extensions }}' != 'y' or '{{ cookiecutter.include_example_code }}' != 'y':
         remove_file('{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/example_c.pyx')
-
-    if '{{ cookiecutter.include_cextern_folder }}' != 'y':
-        remove_dir('cextern')

rendered.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ default_context:
   project_version: "0.0.dev"
   include_example_code: "y"
   use_compiled_extensions: "y"
-  include_cextern_folder: "y"
   edit_on_github_extension: "False"
   github_project: "astropy/astropy"
   use_travis_ci: "y"

{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/MANIFEST.in

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include pyproject.toml
 recursive-include {{ cookiecutter.module_name }} *.pyx *.c *.pxd
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include licenses *
-recursive-include cextern *
 recursive-include scripts *
 
 prune build

{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/extern/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
 """
 This packages contains python packages that are bundled with the package but
-are external to it, and hence are developed in a separate source tree. Note
-that this package is distinct from the /cextern directory of the source code
-distribution, as that directory only contains C extension code.
+are external to it, and hence are developed in a separate source tree.
 """