setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import toml

config = toml.load('./plugin_info.toml')
SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME = config['plugin-info']['SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME']
PLUGIN_NAME = f"pymodaq_plugins_{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME}"


from pathlib import Path

if not SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME.isidentifier():
    raise ValueError("'SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME = %s' is not a valid python identifier." % SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME)

version_file = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(f'src/{PLUGIN_NAME}/resources/VERSION')  # new location of the version file
if not version_file.is_file():
    version_file = Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(f'src/{PLUGIN_NAME}/VERSION')

with open(str(version_file), 'r') as fvers:
    version = fvers.read().strip()


with open('README.rst') as fd:
    long_description = fd.read()

setupOpts = dict(
    name=PLUGIN_NAME,
    description=config['plugin-info']['description'],
    long_description=long_description,
    license=config['plugin-info']['license'],
    url=config['plugin-info']['package-url'],
    author=config['plugin-info']['author'],
    author_email=config['plugin-info']['author-email'],
    classifiers=[
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
        "Environment :: Other Environment",
        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
        "Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces",
    ], )


setup(
    version=version,
    packages=find_packages(where='./src'),
    package_dir={'': 'src'},
    include_package_data=True,
    entry_points={'pymodaq.plugins': f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}',
                  'pymodaq.pid_models': f"{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}",
                  'pymodaq.extensions': f"{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}"},
    install_requires=['toml', ]+config['plugin-install']['packages-required'],
    **setupOpts
)