Prefer Setuptools over Distutils

pdfminer/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-__version__ = '20140328'
+__version__ = '20170118'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print (__version__)

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from distutils.core import setup
+
+try:
+    from setuptools import setup
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.core import setup
+
 from pdfminer import __version__
 
 setup(