Refactor package template to follow APE 17

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-requirements_file: requirements.txt
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  image: latest
 
 python:
-   version: 3.5
+  version: 3.7
+  install:
+    - requirements: requirements.txt
+
+formats: []

.travis.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
-# We set the language to c because python isn't supported on the MacOS X nodes
-# on Travis. However, the language ends up being irrelevant anyway, since we
-# install Python ourselves using conda.
-language: c
+language: python
 
 os:
     - linux
 
+python: 3.8
+
 env:
     global:
 
         # The following versions are the 'default' for tests, unless
         # overridden underneath. They are defined here in order to save having
         # to repeat them for all configurations.
         - FOLDERNAME='packagename'
-        - PYTHON_VERSION=3.7
-        - CONDA_DEPENDENCIES='cython astropy sphinx'
-        - PIP_DEPENDENCIES='cookiecutter gitpython pytest-astropy sphinx-astropy'
-        - EVENT_TYPE='pull_request push'
         - TASK='test'
         - EXTRA_CONTEXT=''
         - FLAGS=''
@@ -34,19 +29,15 @@ env:
       - TASK='render' FLAGS='--config-file rendered.yml --no-input' EXTRA_CONTEXT='include_example_cython_code=y initialize_git_repo=n license=Other'
 
 install:
-
-    - git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/astropy/ci-helpers.git
-    - source ci-helpers/travis/setup_conda.sh
+    - pip install sphinx-astropy cookiecutter gitpython tox
 
 script:
    - cd docs ; make html ; cd ..
    - cookiecutter --no-input ./ -o ../test $EXTRA_CONTEXT $FLAGS
    - cd ../test/$FOLDERNAME
-   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then python setup.py egg_info; fi
-   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then python setup.py build; fi
-   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then python setup.py build_docs; fi
-   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then python setup.py test; fi
-   - if [[ $TASK == 'error_check' ]]; then python setup.py egg_info 2>&1 | grep "ERROR:"; fi
+   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then tox -e py38-test; fi
+   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then tox -e build_docs; fi
+   - if [[ $TASK == 'test' ]]; then tox -e codestyle; fi
 
 
 after_success:

QUESTIONS.rst

@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ To use the package template run ``cookiecutter gh:astropy/package-template``,
 once you have run this command you will be asked a series of questions. Below is
 a description of each of the prompts.
 
-1. ``package_name``: This is a human readable name for your package, like 'Astropy' or 'SunPy'.
-2. ``module_name``: This is the name of your python package i.e. 'astropy' or 'sunpy'.
+1. ``package_name``: This is a human readable name for your package, like ``Astropy`` or ``SunPy``.
+2. ``module_name``: This is the name of your python package i.e. ``astropy`` or ``sunpy``.
 3. ``short_description``: This is a one sentence description of your package.
-4. ``long_description``: This is a multi-line description of your package.
-5. ``author_name``: The name or names of the authors.
-6. ``author_email``: A contact email for the authors.
-7. ``license``: The license of your project.
-8. ``project_url``: Project website.
-9. ``include_example_code``: This includes a set of example python and cython files showing you how to use the package template. If you choose 'n' then none of this will be included and you will have to populate the directory structure before you can import the package.
+4. ``author_name``: The name or names of the authors.
+5. ``author_email``: A contact email for the authors.
+6. ``license``: The license of your package.
+7. ``project_url``: Project website.
+8. ``include_example_code``: This includes a set of example python files showing you how to use the package template. If you choose ``n`` then none of this will be included and you will have to populate the directory structure before you can import the package.
+9. ``use_compiled_extensions``: Whether you plan to use compiled extensions in your package
 10. ``include_cextern_folder``: The cextern folder should be used if you are including non-python C code.
-11. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to "True" to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
+11. ``edit_on_github_extension``: Set to ``True`` to enable the edit on GitHub sphinx extension.
 12. ``github_project``: This is the GitHub identifier for the edit on GitHub extension and the changelog link extension.
-13. ``project_version``: The current version number of your project.
-14. ``use_travis_ci``: If 'y' the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
-15. ``use_read_the_docs``: If 'y' the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
-16. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
-17. ``minimum_python_version``: Version string of minimum supported Python version
+13. ``use_travis_ci``: If ``'y'`` the template will include an example ``.travis.yml`` file for the Travis CI service.
+14. ``use_read_the_docs``: If ``'y'`` the ``read_the_docs.yml`` and ``.rtd-environment.yml`` files will be included for using conda on Read the Docs.
+15. ``sphinx_theme``: The value of the ``html_theme`` variable in the sphinx configuration file.
+16. ``initialize_git_repo``: If `gitpython <https://gitpython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`_ is installed this option will turn the rendered package into a git repository and add and initilize the ``astropy_helpers`` submodule.

TEMPLATE_CHANGES.md

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ be copied over manually if desired.
 
 - Removed Appveyor CI option. Use ``os: windows`` in Travis CI. [#420]
 
+- Refactored the template to follow the recommendations in APE 17:
+  https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/master/APE17.rst [#438]
+
 2.1 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 

cookiecutter.json

@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
     "package_name": "packagename",
     "module_name": "{{ cookiecutter.package_name|lower()|replace(' ', '_') }}",
     "short_description": "{{ cookiecutter.package_name|replace('-', ' ')|replace('_', ' ') }}",
-    "long_description": "",
     "author_name": "Astropy Developers",
     "author_email": "",
     "license": ["BSD 3-Clause", "GNU GPL v3+", "Apache Software Licence 2.0", "BSD 2-Clause", "Other"],
     "project_url": "http://docs.astropy.org/projects/package-template/",
-    "project_version": "0.0.dev",
-    "include_example_code": "y",
-    "include_example_cython_code": "n",
     "include_cextern_folder": "n",
+    "use_compiled_extensions": "y",
+    "include_example_code": "y",
     "edit_on_github_extension": "False",
     "github_project": "astropy/astropy",
     "use_travis_ci": "y",
@@ -19,9 +17,5 @@
     "initialize_git_repo": "y",
     "_parent_project": "astropy",
     "_install_requires": "astropy",
-    "_copy_without_render": [
-        "docs/_templates"
-    ],
-    "minimum_python_version": ["3.7", "3.6", "3.5"],
-    "astropy_helpers_version": "v3.2.1"
+    "minimum_python_version": ["3.7", "3.6", "3.5"]
 }