updated gitignore and working on the setup file

.gitignore

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tests/json*
 docs/build/*
 
 
+# Standard template
 *.org~
 *.so
 *.pyc
@@ -20,3 +21,136 @@ output/*
 
 __pycache__/
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.sqlite3
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*.pdf
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+.venv
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+.ipython/profile_default
+.bash_history
+.cache
+.viminfo
+.mysql_history
+.config
+.local
+.pki
+
+# Project-specific folders
+storage
+apiweb/settings/*.env
+apiweb/media
+apiweb/static
+apiweb/profiles
+node_modules
+dbschema.dot
+
+databases/
+apiweb/static/
+apiweb/apps/research/static/research/documents
+apiweb/apps/research/static/research/theses
+apiweb/apps/alumni/static/alumni/theses
+apiweb/templates/piwik.html
+media/
+
+db.sqlite3
+*.swp

setup.py

 """
 Setup script for binarycpython
 """
-
+import setuptools
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 
-# from setuptools import find_packages
-# from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
 import os
 import subprocess
 import re
@@ -137,16 +135,22 @@ LIBRARY_DIRS = [
     os.path.join(BINARY_C_DIR, "src"),
     "./",
     os.path.join(CWD, "lib/"),
-    # os.path.join(CWD, "binarycpython/core/"),
 ] + BINARY_C_LIBDIRS
 
 RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS = [
     os.path.join(BINARY_C_DIR, "src"),
     "./",
     os.path.join(CWD, "lib/"),
-    # os.path.join(CWD, "binarycpython/core/"),
 ] + BINARY_C_LIBDIRS
 
+# filter out duplicates
+INCLUDE_DIRS = list(dict.fromkeys(INCLUDE_DIRS))
+BINARY_C_LIBS = list(dict.fromkeys(BINARY_C_LIBS))
+LIBRARIES = list(dict.fromkeys(LIBRARIES))
+LIBRARY_DIRS = list(dict.fromkeys(LIBRARY_DIRS))
+RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS = list(dict.fromkeys(RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS))
+
+# 
 # print('\n')
 # print("BINARY_C_CONFIG: ", str(BINARY_C_CONFIG) + "\n")
 # print("incdirs: ", str(INCLUDE_DIRS) + "\n")
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS = [
 # print("macros: ", str(BINARY_C_DEFINE_MACROS) + "\n")
 # print('\n')
 
+#quit()
 ############################################################
 # Making the extension function
 ############################################################
@@ -194,12 +199,11 @@ setup(
     """.format(
         str(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS), str(REQUIRED_BINARY_C_VERSIONS)
     ),
-    author="David Hendriks, Robert Izzard and Jeff Andrews",
-    author_email="davidhendriks93@gmail.com/d.hendriks@surrey.ac.uk,\
-        r.izzard@surrey.ac.uk/rob.izzard@gmail.com andrews@physics.uoc.gr",
+    author="David Hendriks",
+    author_email="davidhendriks93@gmail.com",
     long_description=readme(),
     url="https://gitlab.eps.surrey.ac.uk/ri0005/binary_c-python",
-    license="",
+    license="gpl",
     package_dir={
         "binarycpython": "binarycpython",
         "binarycpython.utils": "binarycpython/utils",
@@ -214,4 +218,17 @@ setup(
     #     'binarycpython.core': ['libbinary_c_api.so'],
     # },
     ext_modules=[BINARY_C_PYTHON_API_MODULE],  # binary_c must be loaded
+
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: C",
+        "Topic :: Education",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    ],
 )