Updated setup-sample.py

setupext/doc/setup-sample.py

@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@
 license = 'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License'
 
 # The following are optional
-try:
-    long_description = open('README_generated.rst').read()
-except:
-    long_description = description
 url = ''
 download_url = ''
 author = 'Sundar Nagarajan'
@@ -143,6 +139,19 @@
 '''
 
 
+def get_longdesc(default=''):
+    '''
+    Returns-->str
+    '''
+    files = ['README.rst', 'README.md', 'README.txt', 'README']
+    for f in files:
+        try:
+            return open(f, 'r').read()
+        except:
+            continue
+    return default
+
+
 def get_dirtree(topdir, dirlist=[]):
     '''
     topdir-->str: must be name of a dir under current working dir
@@ -179,6 +188,8 @@ def get_dirtree(topdir, dirlist=[]):
     package_dir = {name: name}
     package_data = {name: get_dirtree(topdir=name, dirlist=dirlist)}
 
+long_description = get_longdesc(description)
+
 known_keywords = [
     'name', 'version', 'packages', 'description', 'license',
     'install_requires', 'requires', 'setup_requires',