setup.py references README.md to get the package long description, but README.md is not copied into the source distribution tarball (on setup.py sdist) so installation of the tarball fails.
This adds a MANIFEST.in, which makes sure the README.md is copied into the source distribution tarball.
setup.py references README.md to get the package long description, but README.md is not copied into the source distribution tarball (on
setup.py sdist
) so installation of the tarball fails.This adds a MANIFEST.in, which makes sure the README.md is copied into the source distribution tarball.