Yes, it's still very valid. It's simple. It's baked in. However, the benefit of moving to setup.cfg (not setup.py anymore, which should be almost empty) is mor

Yes, it's still very valid. It's simple. It's baked in. However, the benefit of moving to setup.cfg (not setup.py anymore, which should be almost empty) is more than making a lib. It makes deployment easier, and dev as well. Hell, you can even pip install from git repo with it. I made a summary of what to use for what, when and how in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20132303 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20132303