[issue12145] distutils2 should support README.rst

Éric Araujo added the comment: Closing as duplicate. -- assignee: tarek -> eric.araujo resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> sdist refuses README.rst ___ Python tracker

[issue12145] distutils2 should support README.rst

Éric Araujo added the comment: Hi, thanks for the report. Distutils is feature frozen, and distutils does not included README{.txt,} by default anymore*. I don’t know why Tarek changed that. If he changes his mind, I’d be +1 to your proposal, otherwise it will be rejected. * The code righ

[issue12145] distutils2 should support README.rst

New submission from Daniel Lindsley : Given that reST is the format all of Python's docs are in, it'd be nice if distutils(2) would support looking for README.rst (in addition to the existing README & README.txt). -- assignee: tarek components: Distutils2 messages: 136500 nosy: alexis,