one week has passed. I check the feedback. Most people want one README.rst.
I see the file was already updated: https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject/commit/e7de7861963274595c5b3b0d6942e35ce5a733bc Issue solved. Thank you Carl Meyer! Regards, Thomas Güttler Am 27.09.2015 um 12:20 schrieb Thomas Güttler: > Zen of Python: > > There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. > > I would like to find a default for the description file of a python package. > > The sampleproject uses DESCRIPTION.rst > https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject/blob/master/setup.py > > But I guess it is more common to use README.rst. > For example django uses this file name. > > Any good reason to **not** use README.rst but a different > name like DESCRIPTION.rst? > > Of course anyone can use the name he wants. I just want an agreement > for the name to make life easier for newcomers. > > I will check this mail thread in a week or two and write > a pull request to https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject/blob/master/setup.py > if there is an agreement. > > If an agreement was found, which other documents should be updated? > > Regards, > Thomas Güttler > > > > > -- http://www.thomas-guettler.de/ _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
