setup.py

from setuptools import setup

from mypackage import __version__ as version


with open('README.rst') as fh:
  long_description = fh.read()


setup(
  name='Some witty name',
  version=version,
  description='Short description',
  long_description=long_description,
  author='That guy',
  author_email='thatguy@some.com',
  url='https://one.tld/to/witty-name/',
  license='GPLv3',
  packages=['mypackage'],
  data_files=[
    ('share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps', ['data/mypackage.svg']),
    ('share/applications', ['data/mypackage.desktop'])
  ],
  entry_points={
    'console_scripts': [
      'startit=mypackage.cli:run',
    ],
  },
)