Sample Instructions for package development

Create and upload package

1. Create an account at pypi.python.org
2. Edit 'setup.py' file to describe package
3. Use python setup.py check to validate file
4. Use python setup.py register to publish package info (will prompt for un/pw)
5. Use python setup.py sdist upload to create a download file, and push to Pypi

Register command is used to create the initial package, as well as send updates. By default the Pypi page will only show the latest package info, however this can be amended within the web interface.

Testing install

pip install -e git+https://[email protected]/user/package_name.git#egg=package_name

Project layout

MANIFEST.in # Describe non-Python files to include in distribution
README.md # Just good practice!
setup.py # Defines package info
package_name/
  __init__.py
  file.py

Sample setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import os
import pip_mockup as app


CLASSIFIERS = [
    "Framework :: Django",  # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
]

setup(
    author="User goes here",
    author_email="[email protected]",
    name="pip_mockup",
    version=app.__version__,
    description="My test package",
    # Long desc will display on the PyPi page
    long_description=open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md')).read(),
    url="https://github.com/JP74/pip-mockup",
    download_url="https://github.com/JP74/pip-mockup/archive/master.zip",
    license="BSD",
    platforms=['OS Independent'],
    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
    install_requires=[
        'Django>=1.6',
    ],
    packages=find_packages(exclude=["project", "project.*"]),
    include_package_data=True,
    zip_safe=True,
    test_suite='run tests.main',
)