[dist] Reorganize dist/ into scripts/ and packaging/

Author: Breakthrough

.github/workflows/build-windows.yml

@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - dist/**
+      - packaging/**
+      - scripts/**
       - scenedetect/**
       - tests/**
       - pyproject.toml
       - requirements_headless.txt
       - .github/workflows/build-windows.yml
   push:
     paths:
-      - dist/**
+      - packaging/**
+      - scripts/**
       - scenedetect/**
       - tests/**
       - pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip build wheel virtualenv setuptools
           pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-          pip install --upgrade -r dist/requirements_windows.txt --no-binary imageio-ffmpeg
+          pip install --upgrade -r packaging/windows/requirements.txt --no-binary imageio-ffmpeg
 
       - name: Download Resources
         run: |
@@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build PySceneDetect
         run: |
-          python dist/pre_release.py
-          pyinstaller dist/scenedetect.spec
+          python scripts/pre_release.py
+          pyinstaller packaging/windows/scenedetect.spec
 
       - name: Build Documentation
         run: |
@@ -87,9 +89,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           Move-Item -Path LICENSE -Destination dist/scenedetect/
           New-Item -Path dist/scenedetect/ -Name thirdparty -ItemType Directory
-          Move-Item -Path dist/windows/README* -Destination dist/scenedetect/
-          Move-Item -Path dist/windows/LICENSE* -Destination dist/scenedetect/thirdparty/
-          Move-Item -Path scenedetect/_thirdparty/LICENSE* -Destination dist/scenedetect/thirdparty/
+          Copy-Item -Path packaging/windows/LICENSE-PYTHON -Destination dist/scenedetect/thirdparty/
+          Copy-Item -Path scenedetect/_thirdparty/LICENSE* -Destination dist/scenedetect/thirdparty/
           7z e -odist/ffmpeg ffmpeg-${{ env.ffmpeg-version }}-full_build.7z LICENSE -r
           Move-Item -Path ffmpeg.exe -Destination dist/scenedetect/ffmpeg.exe
           Move-Item -Path dist/ffmpeg/LICENSE -Destination dist/scenedetect/thirdparty/LICENSE-FFMPEG

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - dist/**
+      - packaging/**
+      - scripts/**
       - scenedetect/**
       - tests/**
       - pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ on:
       - .github/actions/setup-ffmpeg/**
   push:
     paths:
-      - dist/**
+      - packaging/**
+      - scripts/**
       - scenedetect/**
       - tests/**
       - pyproject.toml

.github/workflows/check-docs.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip build wheel virtualenv
           pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-          pip install -r dist/requirements_windows.txt
+          pip install -r packaging/windows/requirements.txt
 
 
       - name: Check CLI Documentation

.github/workflows/generate-docs.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip build wheel virtualenv
           pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-          pip install -r dist/requirements_windows.txt
+          pip install -r packaging/windows/requirements.txt
           git config --global user.name github-actions
           git config --global user.email github-actions@github.com
 

.github/workflows/release-test.yml

@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: Build and Check
         run: |
-          # Build to a clean output dir - `dist/` already holds tracked installer
-          # scripts and config (e.g. dist/generate_assets.py, dist/installer/),
-          # so `twine check dist/*` would try to validate non-distribution files.
-          python -m build --outdir build-dist
-          twine check build-dist/*
+          python -m build
+          twine check dist/*
       - name: pip-audit
         # CVE-2026-3219 in pip 26.0.1 has no fix version available upstream
         # and pip ships pre-installed on the runner (not controlled by this

.gitignore

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ tests/resources/*
 *.mkv
 *.m4v
 *.csv
+packaging/windows/.version_info
 benchmarks/BCC/*.mp4
 *.txt
 benchmarks/RAI/*.mp4

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 recursive-exclude .github *
-recursive-exclude dist *
+recursive-exclude packaging *
+recursive-exclude scripts *
 recursive-exclude docs *
 recursive-exclude website *
 exclude *
@@ -8,5 +9,5 @@ include LICENSE
 include pyproject.toml
 include setup.cfg
 include scenedetect.cfg
-include dist/package-info.rst
+include packaging/package-info.rst
 recursive-include docs *

RELEASE-PLAN.md

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ install:
   - python --version
   - python -m pip install --upgrade pip build wheel virtualenv setuptools
   - python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-  - python -m pip install --upgrade -r dist/requirements_windows.txt --no-binary imageio-ffmpeg
+  - python -m pip install --upgrade -r packaging/windows/requirements.txt --no-binary imageio-ffmpeg
   # Checkout build resources and third party software used for testing.
-  - git checkout refs/remotes/origin/resources -- dist/
+  - git checkout refs/remotes/origin/resources -- packaging/
   - appveyor DownloadFile https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/download/%ffmpeg_version%/ffmpeg-%ffmpeg_version%-full_build.7z
   - 7z e ffmpeg-%ffmpeg_version%-full_build.7z -odist/ffmpeg ffmpeg.exe LICENSE -r
   - 'SET IMAGEIO_FFMPEG_EXE=%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\\dist\\ffmpeg\\ffmpeg.exe'
@@ -50,14 +50,13 @@ install:
   - echo * *                          BUILDING WINDOWS EXE                           * *
   - echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   # Build Windows .EXE and create portable .ZIP
-  - python dist/pre_release.py --release
-  - pyinstaller dist/scenedetect.spec
+  - python scripts/pre_release.py --release
+  - pyinstaller packaging/windows/scenedetect.spec
   - sphinx-build -b singlehtml docs dist/scenedetect/docs
   - mkdir dist\scenedetect\thirdparty
   - move LICENSE dist\scenedetect\
-  - move dist\windows\README* dist\scenedetect\
-  - move dist\windows\LICENSE* dist\scenedetect\thirdparty\
-  - move scenedetect\_thirdparty\LICENSE* dist\scenedetect\thirdparty\
+  - copy packaging\windows\LICENSE-PYTHON dist\scenedetect\thirdparty\
+  - copy scenedetect\_thirdparty\LICENSE* dist\scenedetect\thirdparty\
   - copy dist\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe dist\scenedetect\
   - move dist\ffmpeg\LICENSE dist\scenedetect\thirdparty\LICENSE-FFMPEG
   - cd dist/scenedetect
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ install:
   - echo * *                         BUILDING MSI INSTALLER                          * *
   - echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   # Download, install, and register AdvancedInstaller
-  - cd dist/installer
+  - cd packaging/windows/installer
   - ps: iex ((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/secure-file/master/install.ps1'))
   - appveyor-tools\secure-file -decrypt license65.dat.enc -secret %ai_license_secret% -salt %ai_license_salt%
   - appveyor DownloadFile https://www.advancedinstaller.com/downloads/advinst.msi
@@ -84,8 +83,8 @@ install:
   - echo * *                        PACKAGING BUILD ARTIFACTS                        * *
   - echo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
   # Zip all resources together for code signing
+  - move packaging\windows\installer\PySceneDetect-*.msi dist\
   - cd dist
-  - move installer\PySceneDetect-*.msi .
   - cp scenedetect\scenedetect.exe .
   - 7z a scenedetect-signed.zip scenedetect.exe PySceneDetect-*.msi
   - cd ..