James William Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I think I should also mention that I've seen some packages basically
> publish their documentation in the package's long_description...
> Seems like it would be a good idea to provide a more appropriate
> place for this information.

The long_description, in turn, is often generated directly from the
(top-level) module docstring. It's entirely appropriate for that
docstring to be a guide to using the package, especially if it also
contains doctest tests.

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Ben Finney

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