setup.py

from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import re
import sys
from codecs import open
from os import path

from setuptools import find_packages, setup

folderLib = 'Lib'
packageName = find_packages(folderLib)[0]

def get_version(*args):
    verpath = (folderLib, packageName, '__init__.py')
    verstrline = open(path.join(*verpath), "rt").read()
    VSRE = r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]"
    mo = re.search(VSRE, verstrline, re.M)
    if mo:
        return mo.group(1)
    else:
        return "undefined"

def get_absolute_path(*args):
    """Transform relative pathnames into absolute pathnames."""
    directory = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
    return path.join(directory, *args)

def get_description(*args):
    readmepath = get_absolute_path('README.md')
    if path.exists(readmepath):
        long_description = open(readmepath, encoding='utf-8').read()
    else: 
        long_description = ''
    return long_description

def get_requirements(*args):
    """Get requirements from pip requirement files."""
    requirements = set()
    with open(get_absolute_path(*args)) as handle:
        for line in handle:
            # Strip comments.
            line = re.sub(r'^#.*|\s#.*', '', line)
            # Ignore empty lines
            if line and not line.isspace():
                requirements.add(re.sub(r'\s+', '', line))
    return sorted(requirements)

needs_pytest = {'pytest', 'test'}.intersection(sys.argv)
pytest_runner = ['pytest_runner'] if needs_pytest else []
needs_wheel = {'bdist_wheel'}.intersection(sys.argv)
wheel = ['wheel'] if needs_wheel else []

setup(
    name=packageName,
    version=get_version(),
    description='Low-level reader and writer for FontLab JSON (VFJ) font source files',
    long_description=get_description(),
    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
    url='https://github.com/kateliev/vfjLib',
    download_url='https://github.com/kateliev/vfjLib/archive/master.zip',
    author='Vassil Kateliev',
    author_email='vassil@kateliev.com',
    license='LICENSE',
    classifiers=[
        'Environment :: MacOS X',
        'Environment :: Win32 (MS Windows)',
        'Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X',
        'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion',
        'Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors :: Vector-Based',
        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
    ],
    keywords=['opentype', 'font', 'fontlab', 'vfj'],
    package_dir={"": folderLib},
    packages=[packageName],
    include_package_data=True,
    setup_requires=pytest_runner + wheel,
    tests_require=[
        'pytest>=2.8',
    ],
    python_requires='>=2.7',
    install_requires=get_requirements('requirements.txt'),
    # To provide executable scripts, use entry points in preference to the
    # "scripts" keyword. Entry points provide cross-platform support and allow
    # pip to create the appropriate form of executable for the target platform.
    #entry_points={
    #    'console_scripts': [
    #        'vfj=vfjLib:main',
    #    ],
    #},
)