[Distutils] how to get pypi-equivalent rendering of long_description?

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 10:23 PM 7/24/2008 +0100, Chris Withers wrote:
>Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>At 08:40 PM 7/24/2008 +0100, Chris Withers wrote:
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I was to check how my long_description will show on pypi before I 
>>>upload the egg.
>>>
>>>What's the best way do this?
>>Use "setup.py register", then view the page on PyPI.  Repeat until 
>>working.  :)
>
>Wow, is that really the best you can offer? :-(

It's what I use, personally.  In fact, I don't even bother with that 
most of the time; I just check the PyPI page after uploading and then 
re-run "register" if I don't like it.  :)

Of course, I also use "wikiup" to update my rst-based wiki pages, and 
usually at least one of those is being updated from my README so I 
already know the reST is valid...