Setup replaces special chars in dist file name, forces rebuild of MANIFEST

pgfw/Configuration.py

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class Configuration(RawConfigParser):
         set_option(section, "requirements", "")
         set_option(section, "main-object", "pgfw/Game.py")
         set_option(section, "resources-path-identifier", "resources_path")
+        set_option(section, "special-char-placeholder", "_")
+        set_option(section, "whitespace-placeholder", "-")
         section = "display"
         add_section(section)
         set_option(section, "dimensions", "480, 320")
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ class Configuration(RawConfigParser):
         if self.has_option(section, option):
             exclude = self.get(section, option)
         exclude += [".git", ".gitignore", "README", "build/", "dist/",
-                    "setup.py", "MANIFEST", self.get("setup", "package-root"),
+                    "setup.py", "MANIFEST", "PKG-INFO",
+                    self.get("setup", "package-root"),
                     self.get("setup", "changelog")]
         self.set(section, option, exclude)
 

pgfw/Setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from os import walk, remove
 from os.path import sep, join, exists, normpath
-from re import findall
+from re import findall, sub
 from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.command.install import install
 from pprint import pprint
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ from Configuration import *
 class Setup:
 
     config = Configuration()
+    manifest_path = "MANIFEST"
 
     def remove_old_mainfest(self):
-        path = "MANIFEST"
+        path = self.manifest_path
         if exists(path):
             remove(path)
 
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ class Setup:
         return paths
 
     def translate_title(self):
-        return self.config.get("setup", "title").replace(" ", "-")
+        config = self.config.get_section("setup")
+        title = config["title"].replace(" ", config["whitespace-placeholder"])
+        return sub("[^\w-]", config["special-char-placeholder"], title)
 
     def build_description(self):
         description = ""
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ class Setup:
         return translation
 
     def setup(self):
+        self.remove_old_mainfest()
         config = self.config.get_section("setup")
         setup(cmdclass={"install": insert_resources_path},
               name=self.translate_title(),