Remove translations automation in setup.py. Fixes GH-178, GH-179.

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ CHANGES
 master (unreleased)
 -------------------
 
+* Remove all translation-related automation in `setup.py`. Fixes GH-178 and
+  GH-179. Thanks Joe Weiss, Matt Molyneaux, and others for the reports.
+
 
 2.3 (2015.07.17)
 ----------------

setup.py

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 from os.path import join
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from setuptools.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
-from distutils.command.build import build as _build
-from distutils.cmd import Command
 
 
 long_description = (open('README.rst').read() +
@@ -16,47 +13,6 @@ def get_version():
             if line.startswith('__version__ ='):
                 return line.split('=')[1].strip().strip('"\'')
 
-
-class compile_translations(Command):
-    """command tries to compile messages via django compilemessages, does not 
-       interrupt setup if gettext is not installed"""
-
-    description = 'compile message catalogs to MO files via django compilemessages'
-    user_options = []
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        import os
-        import sys
-        
-        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line, CommandError
-        
-        curdir = os.getcwd()
-        os.chdir(os.path.realpath('model_utils'))
-        
-        try:
-            execute_from_command_line(['django-admin', 'compilemessages'])
-        except CommandError:
-            # raised if gettext pkg is not installed
-            pass
-        finally:
-            os.chdir(curdir)
-
-
-class build(_build):
-    sub_commands = [('compile_translations', None)] + _build.sub_commands
-
-
-class install_lib(_install_lib):
-    def run(self):
-        self.run_command('compile_translations')
-        _install_lib.run(self)
-
 setup(
     name='django-model-utils',
     version=get_version(),
@@ -84,10 +40,9 @@ setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     tests_require=["Django>=1.4.2"],
     test_suite='runtests.runtests',
-    setup_requires=['Django>=1.4.2'],
-    package_data = {
-        'model_utils': ['locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.po','locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo'],
+    package_data={
+        'model_utils': [
+            'locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.po','locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo'
+        ],
     },
-    cmdclass={'build': build, 'install_lib': install_lib,
-              'compile_translations': compile_translations}
 )