I fell into this trap about a year ago, spending many hours reading documentation and blog posts, trying to use setuptools alternatives / get rid of setup.py. Turns out distribute + setup.py is still the most practical way to go.
I approve of http://www.scotttorborg.com/python-packaging/ . It at least shows up when you search for "python packaging tutorial".
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