fixed setup.py dummy subcommand issue

Author: keighrim

Makefile

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ publish: distclean version package test
 	@git push origin `cat VERSION`
 
 $(generatedcode): VERSION
-	python3 setup.py donothing
+    # this will generate the version subpackage inside clams package
+	python3 setup.py --help  
 
 # generating jsonschema depends on mmif-python and pydantic
 docs: mmif := $(shell grep mmif-python requirements.txt)

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
-import distutils.cmd
 import os
 from os import path
 import shutil
@@ -25,23 +24,6 @@
 init_mod.write(f'__version__ = "{version}"')
 init_mod.close()
 
-
-class DoNothing(distutils.cmd.Command):
-    description = "run base code until `setuptools.setup()` line and exits 0."
-    user_options = []
-
-    def initialize_options(self) -> None:
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self) -> None:
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        pass
-
-
-cmdclass['donothing'] = DoNothing
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name=name,
     version=version,
@@ -51,12 +33,12 @@ def run(self):
     long_description=long_desc,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://clams.ai",
+    license="Apache-2.0",
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Framework :: Flask',
         'Framework :: Pytest',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'License :: Apache-2.0',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
     ],
     cmdclass=cmdclass,