setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# This is the mercurial setup script. 
#
# './setup.py install', or
# './setup.py --help' for more options

import glob
from distutils.core import setup, Extension
from distutils.command.install_data import install_data

import mercurial.version

# specify version string, otherwise 'hg identify' will be used:
version = ''

class install_package_data(install_data):
    def finalize_options(self):
        self.set_undefined_options('install',
                                   ('install_lib', 'install_dir'))
        install_data.finalize_options(self)

try:
    mercurial.version.remember_version(version)
    setup(name='mercurial',
          version=mercurial.version.get_version(),
          author='Matt Mackall',
          author_email='[e-mail]',
          url='http://selenic.com/mercurial',
          description='scalable distributed SCM',
          license='GNU GPL',
          packages=['mercurial'],
          ext_modules=[Extension('mercurial.mpatch', ['mercurial/mpatch.c']),
                       Extension('mercurial.bdiff', ['mercurial/bdiff.c'])],
          data_files=[('mercurial/templates',
                       ['templates/map'] +
                       glob.glob('templates/map-*') +
                       glob.glob('templates/*.tmpl'))], 
          cmdclass = { 'install_data' : install_package_data },
          scripts=['hg', 'hgmerge'])
finally:
    mercurial.version.forget_version()