diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c521b5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# THis is an EditorConfig file
+# https://EditorConfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 4
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.py]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+# Tab indentation (no size specified)
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 44c448da..7231ec47 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,11 +1,57 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-release = 1
-packager = rocky <rb@dustyfeet.com>
-doc_files = README
+release = 0
+packager = rocky <rb@dustyfeet.com
+doc_files = README.rst
+		ChangeLog
+		COPYING
+		DECOMPYLE-2.4-CHANGELOG.txt
+		HISTORY.md
+		HOW-TO_REPORT-A-BUG.md
+		NEWS.md
+#		doc/
+#		examples/
 
 [bdist_wheel]
+universal=1
 
-[egg_info]
-tag_build = 
-tag_date = 0
+[metadata]
+description_file = README.rst
 
+[flake8]
+# max-line-length setting: NO we do not want everyone writing 120-character lines!
+# We are setting the maximum line length big here because there are longer
+# lines allowed by black in some cases that are forbidden by flake8. Since
+# black has the final say about code formatting issues, this setting is here to
+# make sure that flake8 doesn't fail the build on longer lines allowed by
+# black.
+max-line-length = 120
+max-complexity = 12
+select = E,F,W,C,B,B9
+ignore =
+    # E123 closing bracket does not match indentation of opening bracket's line
+    E123
+    # E203 whitespace before ':' (Not PEP8 compliant, Python Black)
+    E203
+    # E501 line too long (82 > 79 characters) (replaced by B950 from flake8-bugbear,
+    # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear)
+    E501
+    # W503 line break before binary operator (Not PEP8 compliant, Python Black)
+    W503
+    # W504 line break after binary operator (Not PEP8 compliant, Python Black)
+    W504
+    # C901 function too complex - since many of zz9 functions are too complex with a lot
+    # of if branching
+    C901
+    # module level import not at top of file. This is too restrictive. Can't even have a
+    # docstring higher.
+    E402
+per-file-ignores =
+    # These are config files. The `c` variable them is injected not defined.
+    pow/ansible/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub_config*.py:F821
+    # Ignore some errors in files that are stolen from other projects to avoid lots
+    # of merge problems later .
+    pow/ansible/roles/webtier/files/supervisor_httpgroupok.py:E126,E128,E222,E225,E226,E261,E301,E302,E305,F841,E201,E202
+    silhouette/src/silhouette/gprof2dot.py:E711,E713,E741,F401
+    # Ignore undefined name errors in "expectation" test Python code.
+    # These files get exec'd in an environment that defines the variables.
+    server/tests/files/expectations/*.py:F821