setup.py

from setuptools import setup
import os
import re

def get_version():
    """Get version number from SysGISToolsSysParams file"""
    #versFile = 'GISPython\\SysGISToolsSysParams.py'
    versFile = os.path.join('GISPython', 'SysGISToolsSysParams.py') # os.path.join for Unix compatibility
    versFDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    versionpath = os.path.join(versFDir, versFile)
    fileRead = open(versionpath, 'rt').readlines()
    vsre = r"^Version = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]"
    for line in fileRead:
        mo = re.search(vsre, line, re.M)
        if mo:
            return str(mo.group(1)[24:])

setup(
    name = 'GISPython',
    version = get_version(), # version number according to PEP440 https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
    description = 'Additional tools for administering and automating different ArcPy and ArcGIS Server geoprocessing operations. Package is intended for use with ArcGIS 10.2.1 and later (has been tested on ArcGIS 10.3.1, ArcGIS 10.4, ArcGIS 10.5, ArcGIS 10.6.1)', # short package description
    long_description = 'For readme see GitHub https://github.com/lvmgeo/GISPython', # if needed (entire documentation)
    url = 'https://github.com/lvmgeo/GISPython', # GitHub url
    author = 'LVM GEO', # author
    author_email = 'lvmGEOGit@lvm.lv', # email
    license = 'GPLv3', # license

    # classifiers for PyPi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
    classifiers=[
        # Project development status
        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
        # Intended audience and topic
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS',
        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
        # License https://choosealicense.com/
        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
        # Operating system
        'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',

        # Specify the Python versions you support here.
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
    ],

    keywords = ['ArcGIS', 'ArcPy', 'ArcGIS Server', 'automation'], # keywords (string or list of strings)
    packages = ["GISPython"], # packages to install
    include_package_data = True,
    install_requires = ['paramiko>=2.1.2', 'simplejson>=3.10.0', 'patool>=1.12', 'python-ntlm>=1.1.0', 'lxml>=4.3.1'], # list of packages required in project (these will be installed by pip)

    # entry_points = {'console_scripts': [
        # 'GISPython = __init__:main'
        # ]
    # },
)