setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import re

from setuptools import setup

NAME =               'msgpack-numpy'
VERSION =            '0.4.8'
AUTHOR =             'Lev E. Givon'
AUTHOR_EMAIL =       'lev@columbia.edu'
URL =                'https://github.com/lebedov/msgpack-numpy'
DESCRIPTION =        'Numpy data serialization using msgpack'
with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
    LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
LONG_DESCRIPTION = re.search('.*(^Package Description.*)', LONG_DESCRIPTION, re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL).group(1)
LONG_DESCRIPTION_CONTENT_TYPE = 'text/markdown'
DOWNLOAD_URL =       URL
LICENSE =            'BSD'
CLASSIFIERS = [
    'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
    'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
    'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
    'Operating System :: OS Independent',
    'Programming Language :: Python',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
    'Topic :: Software Development']

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if os.path.exists('MANIFEST'):
        os.remove('MANIFEST')

    setup(
        name = NAME,
        version = VERSION,
        author = AUTHOR,
        author_email = AUTHOR_EMAIL,
        license = LICENSE,
        classifiers = CLASSIFIERS,
        description = DESCRIPTION,
        long_description = LONG_DESCRIPTION,
        long_description_content_type = LONG_DESCRIPTION_CONTENT_TYPE,
        url = URL,
        py_modules = ['msgpack_numpy'],
        install_requires = ['numpy>=1.9.0',
                            'msgpack>=0.5.2']
        )