diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
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+include README.rst
+include todo.txt
+include docs/*.rst
+include docs/conf.py
+include docs/Makefile
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+setup(
+    name="construct",
+    version="2.04",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    license="Public Domain",
+    long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
+)