rebase and fix build

Author: geruh

MANIFEST.in

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ include uv.lock
 # Cython source files
 recursive-include pyiceberg *.pyx *.pyi
 
-# vendor packages
+# Vendor packages
 recursive-include vendor *
 
 # type stubs
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ prune .venv
 prune build
 prune dist
 prune *.egg-info
+prune .pytest_cache
+
+# Exclude generated files
+exclude pyiceberg/avro/decoder_fast.c
+exclude setup.cfg

dev/.rat-excludes

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-.github/*
+.github/.*
 .rat-excludes
 build
 .git
 .gitignore
 uv.lock
-mkdocs/*
+mkdocs/.*
+.venv/.*
+.*\.egg-info.*
+.*\.pytest_cache.*
+setup.cfg
+pyiceberg\.egg-info/.*