[Distutils] My rst README is not formatted on pypi.python.org

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Thu May 16 03:01:05 CEST 2013


On May 15, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Jeremy Gillick <j_gillick at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wrote a valid (as far as I can tell/test) reStructuredText README file, but on pypi it's just shown as plain text. I have run the file through the rst2html.py tool and it works without errors and appears to be formatted correctly. Github is also able to display it correctly. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? My project is at:
> 
> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lcinvestor
> 
> Are there any restrictions on pypi to file length of header hierarchy?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
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It's probably due to your use of urls like #minmax-percent-interest-rate, PyPI whitelists the allowed url schemes and I don't think "no scheme" is an allowed one.

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