For plain distutils, I don't think so. Setuptools will include it if it's included in the version control, but it seems that consensus is moving towards always having a MANIFEST.in.
check-manifest is a useful tool here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/check-manifest/0.17 It integrates nicely with zest.releaser as well. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zest.releaser On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:18 AM, anatoly techtonik <[email protected]> wrote: > I use this in setup.py: > .. > long_description = open('README.rst', 'rb').read(), > .. > > Which fails during installation, because README.rst is not shipped. > The usual way to include is through MANIFEST.in > > http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/sourcedist.html > > Is it possible to include README.rst with source distribution, but > without creating yet another file? Is it possible to specify includes > in setup.py? > -- > anatoly t. > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
