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 _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
