python distribute try again

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@
 /*.egg-info/
 /build/
 /dist/
+
+# Tests.
+*.tmp
+tmp.*
+*.tmp.*

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include README.adoc

README.adoc

@@ -4918,9 +4918,15 @@ python -m pip install china-dictatorship
 china-dictatorship.py > README.html
 ....
 
-TODO: create an Ubuntu PPA as well.
+We later found on Google by chance that libraries.io picked it up and rendered the README nicely as well: https://libraries.io/pypi/china-dictatorship (https://web.archive.org/web/20200318043050/https://libraries.io/pypi/china-dictatorship[archive]). This is why packaging is a good idea.
 
-Update all mirrors with: link:push-mirrors[]
+TODO: create an Ubuntu PPA and Ruby gem as well.
+
+Update all mirrors in one go with: link:push-mirrors[]:
+
+....
+./push-mirrors
+....
 
 == Backlinks to this repository
 

china-dictatorship.py

@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import pkg_resources
+
+readme_html_path = pkg_resources.resource_string(__name__, 'README.html')
+print(readme_html_path)
+with open(readme_html_path) as f:
+    print(f.read())

push-mirrors

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 set -eux
 
+make
+
 # NPM package.
+# Updates package.json version, which other systems read if possible.
 ./push-mirrors-bump-package-json-version
 git add package.json
 git commit -m 'bump package.json'

setup.py

@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+'''
+https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship#mirrors
+'''
+
+import json
+
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+with open('package.json') as f:
+    package_json = json.load(f)
+version = package_json['version']
+
 setup(
     name='china-dictatorship',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version=version,
     description='2018新疆改造中心，1989六四事件，1999法轮功 ，2019 996.ICU, 2018包子露宪，2015 710律师劫，2015巴拿马文件 邓家贵，2017低端人口，2008西藏骚乱',
+    # Fails with: "The description failed to render in the default format of reStructuredText."
+    #long_description=readme(),
     long_description='2018新疆改造中心，1989六四事件，1999法轮功 ，2019 996.ICU, 2018包子露宪，2015 710律师劫，2015巴拿马文件 邓家贵，2017低端人口，2008西藏骚乱',
     url='https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship',
     author='Ciro Santilli',
@@ -14,4 +26,8 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     scripts=['china-dictatorship.py'],
+    data_files=[
+        'README.adoc',
+        'README.html',
+    ],
 )