distutils2 should support README.rst

[daniellindsley]

BPO	12145
Nosy	@tarekziade, @merwok
Superseder	bpo-11913: sdist refuses README.rst

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closed_at = <Date 2011-09-19.15:00:06.974>
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title = 'distutils2 should support README.rst'
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[daniellindsley]

Given that reST is the format all of Python's docs are in, it'd be nice if distutils(2) would support looking for README.rst (in addition to the existing README & README.txt).

[merwok]

Hi, thanks for the report. Distutils is feature frozen, and distutils does not included README{.txt,} by default anymore*. I don’t know why Tarek changed that. If he changes his mind, I’d be +1 to your proposal, otherwise it will be rejected.

• The code right now still does, but it’s because of a problem with the repositories, it will get changed again.

[merwok]

Closing as duplicate.