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

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

setup(name='mercurial',
      version='0.5b',
      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'])],
      data_files=[('mercurial/templates',
                   ['templates/map'] +
                   glob.glob('templates/map-*') +
                   glob.glob('templates/*.tmpl'))], 
      cmdclass = { 'install_data' : install_package_data },
      scripts=['hg'])