setup.py

import io
import os
import re

from setuptools import find_packages
from setuptools import setup


def read(filename):
    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
    text_type = type(u"")
    with io.open(filename, mode="r", encoding='utf-8') as fd:
        return re.sub(text_type(r':[a-z]+:`~?(.*?)`'), text_type(r'``\1``'), fd.read())

with open("requirements.txt", "r") as fh:
    requirements = [x.strip() for x in fh.read().split('\n') if x.strip()]

print(requirements)

setup(
    name="cadences",
    version="0.3.4",
    url="https://github.com/quadrismegistus/cadence",
    license='MIT',

    author="Ryan Heuser",
    author_email="rj416@cam.ac.uk",

    description="Minimalist rhythm processor (beta)",
    long_description=read("README.md"),
    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",

    packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests',)),

    install_requires=requirements,

    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
    ],
)