release procedure update / twine check / Project pre-registration is no longer required

[scls19fr]

$ python setup.py register sdist bdist_wheel --universal
running register
running egg_info
creating semver.egg-info
writing semver.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to semver.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to semver.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing top-level names to semver.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'semver.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest file 'semver.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
writing manifest file 'semver.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
running check
warning: Check: This command has been deprecated. Use `twine check` instead: https://packaging.python.org/guides/making-a-pypi-friendly-readme#validating-restructuredtext-markup

The project's long description is valid RST.
Registering semver to https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
Server response (410): Project pre-registration is no longer required or supported, upload your files instead.
WARNING: Registering is deprecated, use twine to upload instead (https://pypi.org/p/twine/)
running sdist
creating semver-2.9.0
creating semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
copying files to semver-2.9.0...
copying LICENSE.txt -> semver-2.9.0
copying MANIFEST.in -> semver-2.9.0
copying README.rst -> semver-2.9.0
copying semver.py -> semver-2.9.0
copying setup.cfg -> semver-2.9.0
copying setup.py -> semver-2.9.0
copying test_semver.py -> semver-2.9.0
copying semver.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
copying semver.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
copying semver.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
copying semver.egg-info/entry_points.txt -> semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
copying semver.egg-info/top_level.txt -> semver-2.9.0/semver.egg-info
Writing semver-2.9.0/setup.cfg
creating dist
Creating tar archive
removing 'semver-2.9.0' (and everything under it)
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
copying semver.py -> build/lib
installing to build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel
running install
running install_lib
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel
copying build/lib/semver.py -> build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel
running install_egg_info
Copying semver.egg-info to build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel/semver-2.9.0-py3.7.egg-info
running install_scripts
adding license file "LICENSE.txt" (matched pattern "LICEN[CS]E*")
creating build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel/semver-2.9.0.dist-info/WHEEL
creating 'dist/semver-2.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl' and adding 'build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel' to it
adding 'semver.py'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/LICENSE.txt'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/METADATA'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/WHEEL'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/entry_points.txt'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/top_level.txt'
adding 'semver-2.9.0.dist-info/RECORD'
removing build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/wheel
(base) ✔ ~/github/scls19fr/python-semver [master|✔]
16:18 $ twine upload dist/*
Uploading distributions to https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
Uploading semver-2.9.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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Uploading semver-2.9.0.tar.gz
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[tomschr]

I think, this is already solved with the new(?) setup.cfg/pyproject.toml that was introduced some ago (probably in commit cbd4335).

I close this issue for the time being. If you have concerns or further ideas, just reopen it and we can discuss the details. 🙂

Many thanks!