I added the use of README to catch all the github users who weren't filling in their long_description (but also weren't using Markdown - I just didn't find the time to also add something to detect Markdown and render it). On 23 September 2013 08:01, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 2:15 PM, PJ Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> wrote:
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Paul G. <paul.list@isrcomputing.com> wrote:
1. What format should I use in my README.txt file for my package's content to be displayed on its package page?
It's not the README file; it's the package's "long_description" keyword, as specified in your setup.py setup() call. And the format is reStructuredText
For the record, the Python documentation covers this aspect of PyPI:
http://docs.python.org/distutils/packageindex.html#pypi-package-display
It also includes some troubleshooting info. However, it doesn't include anything about PyPI reading README.rst, etc if long_description isn't available (which maybe should be added).
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