feat: setup.py redesign and helpers (#2433)

* feat: setup.py redesign and helpers

* refactor: simpler design with two outputs

* refactor: helper file update and Windows support

* fix: review points from @YannickJadoul

* refactor: fixes to naming and more docs

* feat: more customization points

* feat: add entry point pybind11-config

* refactor: Try Extension-focused method

* refactor: rename alt/inplace to global

* fix: allow usage with git modules, better docs

* feat: global as an extra (@YannickJadoul's suggestion)

* feat: single version location

* fix: remove the requirement that setuptools must be imported first

* fix: some review points from @wjacob

* fix: use .in, add procedure to docs

* refactor: avoid monkeypatch copy

* docs: minor typos corrected

* fix: minor points from @YannickJadoul

* fix: typo on Windows C++ mode

* fix: MSVC 15 update 3+ have c++14 flag

See <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/std-specify-language-standard-version?view=vs-2019>

* docs: discuss making SDists by hand

* ci: use pep517.build instead of manual setup.py

* refactor: more comments from @YannickJadoul

* docs: updates from @ktbarrett

* fix: change to newly recommended tool instead of pep517.build

This was intended as a proof of concept; build seems to be the correct replacement.

See https://github.com/pypa/pep517/pull/83

* docs: updates from @wjakob

* refactor: dual version locations

* docs: typo spotted by @wjakob

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,58 @@
+[metadata]
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+description = Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
+author = Wenzel Jakob
+author_email = "wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch"
+url = "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11"
+license = BSD
+
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+    Topic :: Utilities
+    Programming Language :: C++
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
+    Programming Language :: C++
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+
+keywords =
+    C++11
+    Python bindings
+
+[options]
+python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0, !=3.1, !=3.2, !=3.3, !=3.4
+zip_safe = False
+
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal=1
 
+[check-manifest]
+ignore =
+    tests/**
+    docs/**
+    tools/**
+    include/**
+    .appveyor.yml
+    .cmake-format.yaml
+    .gitmodules
+    .pre-commit-config.yaml
+    .readthedocs.yml
+    .clang-tidy
+    pybind11/include/**
+    pybind11/share/**
+    CMakeLists.txt
+
+
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 99
 show_source = True
@@ -10,3 +62,5 @@ ignore =
     E201, E241, W504,
     # camelcase 'cPickle' imported as lowercase 'pickle'
     N813
+    # Black conflict
+    W503, E203