diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index f6335ae20d0c29e760b508aac831a35460a59ef3..a0f9e31cd29fd93465ed7ed2658bfcdf65eb99f1 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/bash
rm -rf dist/ build/ .eggs/
python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+python setup-caosdb.py sdist bdist_wheel
python -m twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/setup-caosdb.py b/setup-caosdb.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..801b5f09fa3f383806eb21007ead0c3a3f3a4994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-caosdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#
+"""linkahead"""
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+########################################################################
+# The following code is largely based on code in numpy
+########################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005-2019, NumPy Developers.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+# disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+# with the distribution.
+#
+# * Neither the name of the NumPy Developers nor the names of any
+# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+# from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+########################################################################
+
+ISRELEASED = False
+MAJOR = 0
+MINOR = 12
+MICRO = 1
+# Do not tag as pre-release until this commit
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/515
+# has made it into a release. Probably we should wait for pypa/packaging>=21.4
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/releases
+PRE = "" # "dev" # e.g. rc0, alpha.1, 0.beta-23
+
+if PRE:
+ VERSION = "{}.{}.{}-{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO, PRE)
+else:
+ VERSION = "{}.{}.{}".format(MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+
+
+# Return the git revision as a string
+def git_version():
+ def _minimal_ext_cmd(cmd):
+ # construct minimal environment
+ env = {}
+
+ for k in ['SYSTEMROOT', 'PATH', 'HOME']:
+ v = os.environ.get(k)
+
+ if v is not None:
+ env[k] = v
+ # LANGUAGE is used on win32
+ env['LANGUAGE'] = 'C'
+ env['LANG'] = 'C'
+ env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
+ out = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=env)
+
+ return out
+
+ try:
+ out = _minimal_ext_cmd(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
+ GIT_REVISION = out.strip().decode('ascii')
+ except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
+ GIT_REVISION = "Unknown"
+
+ return GIT_REVISION
+
+
+def get_version_info():
+ # Adding the git rev number needs to be done inside write_version_py(),
+ # otherwise the import of linkahead.version messes up the build under
+ # Python 3.
+ FULLVERSION = VERSION
+
+ # Magic which is only really needed in the pipelines. Therefore: a lot of dark pipeline magic.
+ if os.path.exists('.git'):
+ GIT_REVISION = git_version()
+ elif os.path.exists('linkahead_pylib_commit'):
+ with open('linkahead_pylib_commit', 'r') as f:
+ GIT_REVISION = f.read().strip()
+ elif os.path.exists('src/linkahead/version.py'):
+ # must be a source distribution, use existing version file
+ try:
+ from linkahead.version import git_revision as GIT_REVISION
+ except ImportError:
+ raise ImportError("Unable to import git_revision. Try removing "
+ "src/linkahead/version.py and the build directory "
+ "before building.")
+ else:
+ GIT_REVISION = "Unknown"
+
+ if not ISRELEASED:
+ FULLVERSION += '.dev0+' + GIT_REVISION[:7]
+
+ return FULLVERSION, GIT_REVISION
+
+
+def write_version_py(filename='src/linkahead/version.py'):
+ cnt = """
+# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM linkahead SETUP.PY
+#
+short_version = '%(version)s'
+version = '%(version)s'
+full_version = '%(full_version)s'
+git_revision = '%(git_revision)s'
+release = %(isrelease)s
+
+if not release:
+ version = full_version
+"""
+ FULLVERSION, GIT_REVISION = get_version_info()
+
+ a = open(filename, 'w')
+ try:
+ a.write(cnt % {'version': VERSION,
+ 'full_version': FULLVERSION,
+ 'git_revision': GIT_REVISION,
+ 'isrelease': str(ISRELEASED)})
+ finally:
+ a.close()
+
+
+def setup_package():
+ # load README
+ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+ long_description = fh.read()
+
+ src_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "src")
+ sys.path.insert(0, src_path)
+
+ # Rewrite the version file everytime
+ write_version_py()
+
+ metadata = dict(
+ name='caosdb',
+ version=get_version_info()[0],
+ description='Deprecated! Please install linkahead.',
+ long_description=long_description,
+ long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+ author='Timm Fitschen',
+ author_email='t.fitschen@indiscale.com',
+ url='https://www.linkahead.org',
+ license="AGPLv3+",
+ classifiers=[
+ "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+ "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)",
+ "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+ "Topic :: Database",
+ "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis",
+ ],
+ packages=find_packages('src'),
+ python_requires='>=3.7',
+ package_dir={'': 'src'},
+ install_requires=['lxml>=4.6.3',
+ "requests[socks]>=2.26",
+ "python-dateutil>=2.8.2",
+ 'PyYAML>=5.4.1',
+ 'future',
+ ],
+ extras_require={'keyring': ['keyring>=13.0.0'],
+ 'jsonschema': ['jsonschema>=4.4.0']},
+ setup_requires=["pytest-runner>=2.0,<3dev"],
+ tests_require=["pytest", "pytest-cov", "coverage>=4.4.2",
+ "jsonschema>=4.4.0"],
+ package_data={
+ 'linkahead': ['cert/indiscale.ca.crt', 'schema-pycaosdb-ini.yml'],
+ },
+ scripts=["src/linkahead/utils/linkahead_admin.py"]
+ )
+ try:
+ setup(**metadata)
+ finally:
+ del sys.path[0]
+ return
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ setup_package()