README.rst not picked up

[miohtama]

Due to Github, people have started to use README.rst instead of README.txt.

However, zest.releaser does not check for its existenece:

     warning: sdist: standard file not found: should have one of README, README.txt 

[mauritsvanrees]

It is not zest.releaser that checks this. This line is printed by standard python (or setuptools/distribute).

[miohtama]

Any idea where to file a issue about this?

[mauritsvanrees]

I think it is distutils, so the standard Python bug tracker would fit.
The dist-utils sig mailing list would be a good list to ask this though:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
(I follow it via gmane.org.)

[reinout]

Good idea. I just posted a message there (also pointing at this issue).

[reinout]

Here's the mailinglist link: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2012-June/018663.html

[reinout]

... and the solution is in: upgrade distribute to 0.6.27, that one recognizes README.rst.

Thanks to Hanno for the answer: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2012-June/018664.html