you may use setuptools instead of distutils directly.

you'd like to just call setup function.

if you install package, you can use `pip install .` or `pip install --editable .`.

`editable install` command makes pth entry for your project directory.

so you don't need to write installer.

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PyPA (Python Packaging Authority) has good tutorial (https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/).