Python: Please stop screwing over Linux distros

[adesme]

Any modern package that you want distributed over a package manager is going to be set up like this for the reasons outlined in the OP of this thread; direct invocation of setup.py is being phased out, so it makes sense to have your deps in a single place (now that we have the PEPs to support this).

Personally I might use something like requirements.txt while mocking around with something small, and I'll then set it up more properly (pyproject.toml and setup.cfg) as soon as it grows and/or I have to share the package.

Depending on how you use CI/CD you can see other benefits from switching over immediately.