README.rst copied to virtualenv root directory

[thijstriemstra]

When you uninstall Wand (which was installed from pypi), something strange appears; apparently README.rst was copied to the root of my virtualenv during installation. This does not look right, it should not copy a project-specific README.rst in the root of my virtualenv.

$ pip uninstall Wand
Found existing installation: Wand 0.5.9
Uninstalling Wand-0.5.9:
  Would remove:
    /home/thijs/.virtualenvs/foo/README.rst
    /home/thijs/.virtualenvs/foo/lib/python3.8/site-packages/Wand-0.5.9.dist-info/*
    /home/thijs/.virtualenvs/foo/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wand/*
Proceed (y/n)? y
  Successfully uninstalled Wand-0.5.9

I'm using setuptools 45.2.0 and pip 20.0.2

[thijstriemstra]

The manifest looks similar to one of my projects: https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.core/blob/master/MANIFEST.in

But pip install luma.core does not copy the README.rst file.

[emcconville]

Thanks for posting this. I think the README.rst file was listed in the setup.py, and can be removed.

[thijstriemstra]

yep that's it, this can be closed.