setup.py

# coding=utf-8
"""
usage:
 (sudo) python setup.py +
     install        ... local
     register       ... at http://pypi.python.org/pypi
     sdist          ... create *.tar to be uploaded to pyPI
     sdist upload   ... build the package and upload in to pyPI
"""

#########################
import fancywidgets as package
#########################


from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import os
import sys


def read(*paths):
    """Build a file path from *paths* and return the contents."""
    try:
        f_name = os.path.join(*paths)
        with open(f_name, 'r') as f:
            return f.read()
    except IOError:
        print('%s not existing ... skipping' % f_name)
        return ''

setup(
    name=package.__name__,
    version=package.__version__,
    author=package.__author__,
    author_email=package.__email__,
    url=package.__url__,
    license=package.__license__,
    install_requires=[
        "fancytools",
        "pkginfo",
        "qtpy"
        #'pyqtgraph_karl', #optional
    ],
    classifiers=[
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
        'Intended Audience :: Other Audience',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization',
        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
    ],
    description=package.__doc__,
    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
    include_package_data=True,
    scripts=[] if not os.path.exists('bin') else [
        os.path.join('bin', x) for x in os.listdir('bin')],
    long_description=(
        read('README.rst') + '\n\n' +
        read('CHANGES.rst') + '\n\n' +
        read('AUTHORS.rst')
    ),
)


# LAUNCHER NEEDS SOME WORK - UNTIL THATS DONE: DONT RUN THE FOLLOWING
INSTALL_QDESIGNER_STARTER = False

if INSTALL_QDESIGNER_STARTER:

    if 'install' in sys.argv:
        while True:
            answer = raw_input(
                'Do you want to a start menu entry for the QDesigner with included fancyWidgets plugins? [Y,N] ')
            if answer.lower() in ('y', 'n', ''):
                break
            print("Please answer with 'Y' or 'N'")
        if answer == 'Y':

            from fancytools.os import PathStr, StartMenuEntry

            prog_path = PathStr(
                sys.executable).dirname().join(
                'Scripts',
                'fwdesigner.pyw')
            print(
                'create start menu entry for Fw_QtDesigner located in %s' %
                prog_path)

            StartMenuEntry('Fw_QtDesigner', prog_path).create()