On Jan 16, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Holth <dho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone ever written a setup.py that was *not* copy-and-pasted from > somewhere else? > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:17 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 16 January 2014 09:40, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Audrey Roy's "cookiecutter" project is just such a tool (although her >>> default config is far from minimal - setup.py, GitHub, ReadTheDocs, tox, >>> Travis, documentation skeleton, etc. It's all reasonable recommendations, >>> though) >> >> Agreed, I was pointed to that at one point. For me, it suffers from >> the problem of being yet another tool, as well as the default template >> available being very complex, as you said. But yes, it looks useful >> for more complex projects. >> >> I do think the PUG needs a "this is how you start" basic template >> though, that includes good practices like the right classifiers, using >> entry points for scripts, basic unit tests, a readme etc. The current >> guide doesn't even have a "Basic Project Template" section in the >> index :-( I'll try to find some time to add one. >> >> On that note, the PUG index currently feels a little overwhelming from >> the point of view of someone who just wants to get a job done. it's >> got a lot of "Getting started with X" and "What is" sections, but >> nothing like "Installing a package from PyPI" or "Starting a new >> project". Maybe the index should be reorganised to be more >> task-oriented, and less concerned with providing history and >> background to the confusion that led us to where we are now? I'd be >> tempted to actually remove a lot of what's currently in the contents, >> and relegate it to some sort of "background" section (which would >> probably need to be organised into subsections of its own, but that >> level of detail doesn't need to be on the front page). >> >> Paul
I write my setup.py’s from scratch :D ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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