On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 2:15 PM, PJ Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> wrote:For the record, the Python documentation covers this aspect of PyPI:
> 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
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).
--Chris
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