Bitbucket stopped rendering README.txt for Python projects [resolved]
Friday, January 11, 2013
Until recently, Bitbucket nicely rendered reStructuredText (reST) formatted README.txt files for Python projects. This made totally sense, because PyPI requires the project’s description in reST and most people put it into README.txt files.
However, for some reason the Bitbucket guys removed that feature and it seems that they don’t intend to bring it back. Instead, you are urged to rename your files from *.txt to *.rst.
Maybe some feedback would help to bring that feature back …
Update: Bitbucket fixed that issue. :-)
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Charles McLaughlin on January 12, 2013 at 06:28:
Sorry about this. We made quite a few changes involving Markdown, Creole and reStructuredText recently and missed this concern. To fix this I think we're going to detect if there's also a setup.py in the root of the repo and if so, render any README.txt files as reStructuredText.
Stefan on January 12, 2013 at 09:19:
Thank you very much, that’s nice to hear. :-)
Barry A. on January 20, 2013 at 05:42:
Looks like it's resolved. Might I humbly suggest editing the title of the article to [resolved]. Thanks for getting the word out.
Stefan on January 20, 2013 at 14:08:
Done :)