setup.py

import setuptools

# version information
MAJOR = 0
MINOR = 3
MICRO = 0
PRERELEASE = 0
ISRELEASED = True
version = "{}.{}.{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)

if not ISRELEASED:
    version += ".dev{}".format(PRERELEASE)

# write version information to file

def write_version_file(version):
    "writes version file that is read when importing version number"
    version_file = """'''
Version file automatically created by setup.py file
'''
version = '{}'
    """.format(version)

    with open("stat_fem/version.py", "w") as fh:
        fh.write(version_file)

write_version_file(version)

with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
    long_description = fh.read()

setuptools.setup(name='stat_fem',
      version=version,
      description='Tool for data-constrained finite element modeling',
      long_description=long_description,
      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
      url='https://stat-fem.readthedocs.io/',
      project_urls={
                  "Bug Tracker": "https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/stat-fem/issues",
                  "Documentation": "https://stat-fem.readthedocs.io/",
                  "Source Code": "https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/stat-fem/",
              },
      author='Alan Turing Institute Research Engineering Group',
      author_email='edaub@turing.ac.uk',
      packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
      license='LGPLv3',
      install_requires=['numpy', 'scipy'])