setup(name=PKG,
version=verstr,
description='a fast erasure codec which can be used with the command-line, C, Python, or Haskell',
- long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+ long_description=readmetext,
author='Zooko O\'Whielacronx',
author_email='zooko@zooko.com',
url='http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/'+PKG,