Do I need *.egg-info directories when using setuptools/distribute to create a python package

I have a "standard" python package layout like this:

• setup.py - using setuptools
• README
• src/moduleA
• test/

However, when I execute setup.py it decides to create the directory src/moduleA.egg-info.

The question is, do I need to worry about the contents of this directory and check it in with the rest of my code, or should I just rely on setuptools/distribute to regenerate it? It seems that all the information in the .egg-info directory comes from the config in setup.py anyway.