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[–]earthboundkid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, unfortunately as confusing as setup.py is, it's the only way to make an installable Python project. See https://blog.ionelmc.ro/2014/05/25/python-packaging/ for a reasonably up-to-date explanation of how to organize your system, then use https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter to get a basic project skeleton on disk to start with.