setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import codecs
import os

##########################################################################################
# HELPER FUNCTIONS #######################################################################
##########################################################################################

def get_lookup():
    '''get version by way of singularity.version, returns a 
    lookup dictionary with several global variables without
    needing to import singularity
    '''
    lookup = dict()
    version_file = os.path.join('expfactory', 'version.py')
    with open(version_file) as filey:
        exec(filey.read(), lookup)
    return lookup

# Read in requirements
def get_requirements(lookup=None):
    '''get_requirements reads in requirements and versions from
    the lookup obtained with get_lookup'''

    if lookup == None:
        lookup = get_lookup()

    install_requires = []
    for module in lookup['INSTALL_REQUIRES']:
        module_name = module[0]
        module_meta = module[1]
        if "exact_version" in module_meta:
            dependency = "%s==%s" %(module_name,module_meta['exact_version'])
        elif "min_version" in module_meta:
            if module_meta['min_version'] == None:
                dependency = module_name
            else:
                dependency = "%s>=%s" %(module_name,module_meta['min_version'])
        install_requires.append(dependency)
    return install_requires



# Make sure everything is relative to setup.py
install_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) 
os.chdir(install_path)

# Get version information from the lookup
lookup = get_lookup()
VERSION = lookup['__version__']
NAME = lookup['NAME']
AUTHOR = lookup['AUTHOR']
AUTHOR_EMAIL = lookup['AUTHOR_EMAIL']
PACKAGE_URL = lookup['PACKAGE_URL']
KEYWORDS = lookup['KEYWORDS']
DESCRIPTION = lookup['DESCRIPTION']
LICENSE = lookup['LICENSE']
with open('README.md') as filey:
    LONG_DESCRIPTION = filey.read()

##########################################################################################
# MAIN ###################################################################################
##########################################################################################


if __name__ == "__main__":

    INSTALL_REQUIRES = get_requirements(lookup)

    setup(name=NAME,
          version=VERSION,
          author=AUTHOR,
          author_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
          maintainer=AUTHOR,
          maintainer_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
          packages=find_packages(), 
          include_package_data=True,
          zip_safe=False,
          url=PACKAGE_URL,
          license=LICENSE,
          description=DESCRIPTION,
          long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
          keywords=KEYWORDS,
          install_requires = INSTALL_REQUIRES,
          classifiers=[
              'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
              'Intended Audience :: Developers',
              'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
              'Programming Language :: C',
              'Programming Language :: Python',
              'Topic :: Software Development',
              'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
              'Operating System :: Unix',
              'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
              'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
          ],
          entry_points = {'console_scripts': [ 'expfactory=expfactory.cli:main' ] })