setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from setuptools import setup
from submissions import __version__ as VERSION

def is_requirement(line):
    """
    Return True if the requirement line is a package requirement;
    that is, it is not blank, a comment, or editable.
    """
    # Remove whitespace at the start/end of the line
    line = line.strip()

    # Skip blank lines, comments, and editable installs
    return not (
        line == '' or
        line.startswith('-r') or
        line.startswith('#') or
        line.startswith('-e') or
        line.startswith('git+')
    )

def load_requirements(*requirements_paths):
    """
    Load all requirements from the specified requirements files.
    Returns a list of requirement strings.
    """
    requirements = set()
    for path in requirements_paths:
        requirements.update(
            line.strip() for line in open(path).readlines()
            if is_requirement(line)
        )
    return list(requirements)

setup(
    name='edx-submissions',
    version=VERSION,
    author='edX',
    description='An API for creating submissions and scores.',
    url='http://github.com/edx/edx-submissions.git',
    license='AGPL',
    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3',
        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
    ],
    packages=['submissions', 'submissions.migrations'],
    install_requires=load_requirements('requirements.txt', 'django-requirements.txt'),
    tests_require=load_requirements('test-requirements.txt'),
)