setup.py

import sys
from codecs import open  # To use a consistent encoding
from os import path

# Always prefer setuptools over distutils
from setuptools import setup, find_packages

if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
    sys.stderr.write("This package only supports Python 3+.\n")
    sys.exit(1)

here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))

# The following are meant to avoid accidental upload/registration of this
# package in the Python Package Index (PyPi)
pypi_operations = frozenset(["register", "upload"]) & frozenset([x.lower() for x in sys.argv])
if pypi_operations:
    raise ValueError("Command(s) {} disabled in this example.".format(", ".join(pypi_operations)))

# Python favors using README.rst files (as opposed to README.md files)
# If you wish to use README.md, you must add the following line to your MANIFEST.in file::
#
#     include README.md
#
# then you can change the README.rst to README.md below.
with open(path.join(here, "README.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as fh:
    long_description = fh.read()

# We separate the version into a separate file so we can let people
# import everything in their __init__.py without causing ImportError.
__version__ = None
exec(open("powerscout/about.py").read())
if __version__ is None:
    raise IOError("about.py in project lacks __version__!")

setup(
    name="powerscout",
    version=__version__,
    author="Autumn Jolitz",
    description="Server for Rainforest EAGLE -> Graphite",
    long_description=long_description,
    license="BSD",
    packages=find_packages(exclude=["contrib", "docs", "tests*"]),
    include_package_data=True,
    install_requires=install_requirements,
    keywords=["rainforest", "eagle", "API", "graphite"],
    url="https://github.com/autumnjolitz/powerscout",
    classifiers=[
        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
        "Topic :: Utilities",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
    ],
)