old_contents: from pkg_resources import parse_version
  from configparser import ConfigParser
  import setuptools
  assert parse_version(setuptools.__version__)>=parse_version('36.2')
  
  # note: all settings are in settings.ini; edit there, not here
  config = ConfigParser(delimiters=['='])
  config.read('settings.ini')
  cfg = config['DEFAULT']
  
  cfg_keys = 'version description keywords author author_email'.split()
  expected = cfg_keys + "lib_name user branch license status min_python audience language".split()
  for o in expected: assert o in cfg, "missing expected setting: {}".format(o)
  setup_cfg = {o:cfg[o] for o in cfg_keys}
  
  licenses = {
      'apache2': ('Apache Software License 2.0','OSI Approved :: Apache Software License'),
      'mit': ('MIT License', 'OSI Approved :: MIT License'),
      'gpl2': ('GNU General Public License v2', 'OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)'),
      'gpl3': ('GNU General Public License v3', 'OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)'),
      'bsd3': ('BSD License', 'OSI Approved :: BSD License'),
  }
  statuses = [ '1 - Planning', '2 - Pre-Alpha', '3 - Alpha',
      '4 - Beta', '5 - Production/Stable', '6 - Mature', '7 - Inactive' ]
  py_versions = '3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10'.split()
  
  requirements = cfg.get('requirements','').split()
  if cfg.get('pip_requirements'): requirements += cfg.get('pip_requirements','').split()
  min_python = cfg['min_python']
  lic = licenses.get(cfg['license'].lower(), (cfg['license'], None))
  dev_requirements = (cfg.get('dev_requirements') or '').split()
  fugue_requirements = cfg.get('fugue_requirements', '').split()
  ray_requirements = cfg.get('ray_requirements', '').split()
  
  setuptools.setup(
      name = 'statsforecast',
      license = lic[0],
      classifiers = [
          'Development Status :: ' + statuses[int(cfg['status'])],
          'Intended Audience :: ' + cfg['audience'].title(),
          'Natural Language :: ' + cfg['language'].title(),
      ] + ['Programming Language :: Python :: '+o for o in py_versions[py_versions.index(min_python):]] + (['License :: ' + lic[1] ] if lic[1] else []),
      url = cfg['git_url'],
      packages = setuptools.find_packages(),
      include_package_data = True,
      install_requires = requirements,
      extras_require={'dev': dev_requirements, 'ray': ray_requirements, 'fugue': fugue_requirements,},
      dependency_links = cfg.get('dep_links','').split(),
      python_requires  = '>=' + cfg['min_python'],
      long_description = open('README.md').read(),
      long_description_content_type = 'text/markdown',
      zip_safe = False,
      entry_points = {
          'console_scripts': cfg.get('console_scripts','').split(),
          'nbdev': [f'{cfg.get("lib_path")}={cfg.get("lib_path")}._modidx:d']
      },
      **setup_cfg)
  
  
  
new_contents: from pkg_resources import parse_version
  from configparser import ConfigParser
  import setuptools
  assert parse_version(setuptools.__version__)>=parse_version('36.2')
  
  # note: all settings are in settings.ini; edit there, not here
  config = ConfigParser(delimiters=['='])
  config.read('settings.ini')
  cfg = config['DEFAULT']
  
  cfg_keys = 'version description keywords author author_email'.split()
  expected = cfg_keys + "lib_name user branch license status min_python audience language".split()
  for o in expected: assert o in cfg, "missing expected setting: {}".format(o)
  setup_cfg = {o:cfg[o] for o in cfg_keys}
  
  licenses = {
      'apache2': ('Apache Software License 2.0','OSI Approved :: Apache Software License'),
      'mit': ('MIT License', 'OSI Approved :: MIT License'),
      'gpl2': ('GNU General Public License v2', 'OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)'),
      'gpl3': ('GNU General Public License v3', 'OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)'),
      'bsd3': ('BSD License', 'OSI Approved :: BSD License'),
  }
  statuses = [ '1 - Planning', '2 - Pre-Alpha', '3 - Alpha',
      '4 - Beta', '5 - Production/Stable', '6 - Mature', '7 - Inactive' ]
  py_versions = '3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10'.split()
  
  requirements = cfg.get('requirements','').split()
  if cfg.get('pip_requirements'): requirements += cfg.get('pip_requirements','').split()
  min_python = cfg['min_python']
  lic = licenses.get(cfg['license'].lower(), (cfg['license'], None))
  dev_requirements = (cfg.get('dev_requirements') or '').split()
  fugue_requirements = cfg.get('fugue_requirements', '').split()
  ray_requirements = cfg.get('ray_requirements', '').split()
  
  setuptools.setup(
      name = 'statsforecast',
      license = lic[0],
      classifiers = [
          'Development Status :: ' + statuses[int(cfg['status'])],
          'Intended Audience :: ' + cfg['audience'].title(),
          'Natural Language :: ' + cfg['language'].title(),
      ] + ['Programming Language :: Python :: '+o for o in py_versions[py_versions.index(min_python):]] + (['License :: ' + lic[1] ] if lic[1] else []),
      url = cfg['git_url'],
      packages = setuptools.find_packages(),
      include_package_data = True,
      install_requires = requirements,
      extras_require={'dev': dev_requirements, 'ray': ray_requirements, 'fugue': fugue_requirements,},
      dependency_links = cfg.get('dep_links','').split(),
      python_requires  = '>=' + cfg['min_python'],
      long_description = open('README.md', encoding='utf8').read(),
      long_description_content_type = 'text/markdown',
      zip_safe = False,
      entry_points = {
          'console_scripts': cfg.get('console_scripts','').split(),
          'nbdev': [f'{cfg.get("lib_path")}={cfg.get("lib_path")}._modidx:d']
      },
      **setup_cfg)
  
  
  
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