title: How to include external library with python wheel package
body: <p>I want to create package for python that embeds and uses an external library (<code>.so</code>) on Linux using the cffi module.</p>
  
  <p>Is there standard way to include .so file into python package?</p>
  
  <p>The package will be used only internally and won't be published to pypi.</p>
  
  <p>I think Wheel packages are the best option - they would create platform specific package with all files ready to be copied so there will be no need to build anything on target environments.</p>