Expert Python Programming - Third Edition

Most important metadata

Besides the name and the version of the package being distributed, the most important arguments that the setup() function can receive are as follows:

• description: This includes a few sentences to describe the package.
• long_description: This includes a full description that can be in reStructuredText (default) or other supported markup languages.
• long_description_content_type: this defines MIME type of long description; it is used to tell the package repository what kind of markup language is used for the package description.
• keywords: This is a list of keywords that define the package and allow for better indexing in the package repository.
• author: This is the name of the package author or organization that takes ...