def get_cmdclass():
    ''' A ``cmdclass`` that works around a setuptools deficiency.

    There is no need to build wheels when installing a package, however some
    versions of setuptools seem to mandate this. This is a hacky workaround
    that modifies the ``cmdclass`` returned by versioneer so that not having
    wheel installed is not a fatal error.

    '''
    cmdclass = versioneer.get_cmdclass()

    try:
        from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
    except ImportError:
        # pip is not claiming for bdist_wheel when wheel is not installed
        bdist_wheel = None

    if bdist_wheel is not None:
        cmdclass["bdist_wheel"] = bdist_wheel

    return cmdclass
A ``cmdclass`` that works around a setuptools deficiency.

    There is no need to build wheels when installing a package, however some
    versions of setuptools seem to mandate this. This is a hacky workaround
    that modifies the ``cmdclass`` returned by versioneer so that not having
    wheel installed is not a fatal error.