sampleproject doesn't include files `setup.py` and `setup.cfg` (and maybe other) one of the latest published guides claims it should have
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Configuring your project
Initial files
setup.py
The most important file is
setup.py
which exists at the root of your project directory. For an example, see the setup.py in the PyPA sample project.
setup.py
serves two primary functions:
It’s the file where various aspects of your project are configured. The primary feature of
setup.py
is that it contains a globalsetup()
function. The keyword arguments to this function are how specific details of your project are defined. The most relevant arguments are explained in the section below.It’s the command line interface for running various commands that relate to packaging tasks. To get a listing of available commands, run
python setup.py --help-commands
.setup.cfg
setup.cfg
is an ini file that contains option defaults forsetup.py
commands. For an example, see the setup.cfg in the PyPA sample project.
The project has adopted PEP 621 metadata: #166
The guides on packaging.python.org should probably be updated.
https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org/blob/5c847adc5112a337f4f016f5671783de132bd1d3/source/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools.rst