Updated template to look like the Python Packaging User Guid's sample…

{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/.gitignore

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+# General things to ignore
+build/
+dist/
 *.py[cod]
+__pycache__/
+*~
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
 
 # Packages
 *.egg
-*.egg-info
-dist
-build
+*.egg-info/
 eggs
 parts
 bin
@@ -17,7 +20,6 @@ develop-eggs
 .installed.cfg
 lib
 lib64
-__pycache__
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ pip-log.txt
 .coverage
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
+.cache
 
 # Translations
 *.mo

{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/setup.py

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-import io
-import os
-import re
+""" Minimal cookiecutter template """
 
-from setuptools import find_packages
-from setuptools import setup
+from os import path
+from io import open
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-def read(filename):
-    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
-    text_type = type(u"")
-    with io.open(filename, mode="r", encoding='utf-8') as fd:
-        return re.sub(text_type(r':[a-z]+:`~?(.*?)`'), text_type(r'``\1``'), fd.read())
-
+# Get the long description from the README file.
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name="{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}",
@@ -23,14 +20,17 @@ def read(filename):
     author_email="{{ cookiecutter.author_email }}",
 
     description="{{ cookiecutter.package_description }}",
-    long_description=read("README.rst"),
+    long_description=long_description,
 
     packages=find_packages(exclude=('tests',)),
 
     install_requires=[],
 
+    zip_safe=False,
+
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',

{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/tests/test_sample.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Sample Test passing with nose and pytest
+# Sample Test passing with nose and pytest	
 
-def test_pass():
-    assert True, "dummy sample test"
+def test_success():
+    assert True

{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27,py34,py35,py36,py37
+envlist = p{27,34,35,36,37}
 
 [testenv]
-commands = py.test {{ cookiecutter.package_name }}
+commands = py.test tests
 deps = pytest