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

[Chris Jerdonek]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:53 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?

Did you try the --no-raw option as suggested here?

http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/packageindex.html#pypi-package-display

In the past I filed an issue about what you are experiencing because I
suspect it is a common problem.  The issue is here:

https://sourceforge.net/p/pypi/bugs/360/

--Chris


> 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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