# Trytoncommunity-setuptools — specialized on Tryton modules

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**Created:** [October 31, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/trytoncommunity-setuptools-specialized-on-tryton-modules/6637 "2023-10-31T15:03:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![htgoebel](https://discuss-cdn.tryton.org/user_avatar/discuss.tryton.org/htgoebel/32/1256_2.png) [@htgoebel](https://discuss.tryton.org/u/htgoebel)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.tryton.org/t/trytoncommunity-setuptools-specialized-on-tryton-modules/6637/1 "2023-10-31T15:03:09Z")

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I’m pleased to announce

## trytoncommunity-setuptools

A wrapper for `setuptools` shortening the boilerplate in Tryton modules.

> **[Tryton Community / setuptools · GitLab](https://foss.heptapod.net/tryton-community/setuptools)**
>
> A wrapper for setuptools shortening the boilerplate in Tryton modules.

Tryton modules normally contain and require a lot of boilerplate in setup.py. Not only this is a lot of duplicate code, also it is a burden to maintain this between different versions of Tryton.

This package allows moving most all the meta-data and options being somewhat “static” between Tryton modules and Tryton Versions into setup.cfg and using a quite terse setup.py only.

trytoncommunity-setuptools also supports the 'module prefix mapping` quite some developers and integrators use.

Example setup.py:

```auto
from trytoncommunity_setuptools import setup, get_require_version

requires = ['lxml']
tests_require = [
    get_require_version('proteus'),
    'pycountry',
]

setup('country_order', prefix='trytoncommunity',
      requires=requires, tests_require=tests_require)

```

Corresponding example setup.cfg:

```auto
[metadata]
; name will be filled by trytoncommunity-setuptools
description = Precedence rating for countries in Tryton
long_description = file: README.rst
long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
url = https://tryton.community
author = Hartmut Goebel
author_email = h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com
license = GPL-3.0-or-later
license_files = LICENSE-GPL-3.0.txt
keywords = tryton, country
classifiers =
  Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
  License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
  Natural Language :: English
  Natural Language :: German
;; These classifiers will be added by trytoncommunity-setuptools,
; Environment :: Plugins
; Framework :: Tryton
; Intended Audience :: Developers
; Programming Language :: Python :: … filled according to Tryton version
; Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
; Topic :: Office/Business
; Operating System :: OS Independent

[options]
;python_requires = … # filled by trytoncommunity-setuptools
;include_package_data = True # enforced by trytoncommunity-setuptools
;zip_safe = False # enforced by trytoncommunity-setuptools

```

When using a PEP 517 compliant build tool e.g. build, you need to also provide a pyproject.toml file:

```auto
[build-system]
requires = ["trytoncommunity-setuptools"]
build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta: __legacy__"

```