What is setup.py?

[b-long]

Hi there,

First off, thanks for creating hatch! For a long time, I've been confused by idempotent Python. I work in many languages, and so the particulars of a given language can sometimes escape me.

I assume your goal is to make Python development simpler. As such, it'd be fantastic if you could place a bit of a description (in the form of comments) at the top of setup.py. I say this, since it seems like a few hundred StackOverflow users have also been mystified by this convention [0].

Thanks again!

0 : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1471994/what-is-setup-py

[ofek]

I'm glad Hatch is helping you!

As pyproject.toml will replace setup.py, I think this is a bit out of scope. If you want some more info about it anyway check out https://github.com/kennethreitz/setup.py

Thanks!

[b-long]

Thanks @ofek , thats incredibly helpful 👍 I was unaware of pyproject.toml and kennethreitz's helpful repository.

I won't be a pest, but, just offering one more idea -- you could add exactly the comment you've made here to the setup.py file 😄

[ofek]

No, because I wouldn't want to take away an easy commit from you :)

Submit a PR adding a comment here https://github.com/ofek/hatch/blob/master/hatch/files/setup.py#L5