From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:44:11 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Get names for README files from class attribute, allowing subclass to override.
X-Git-Tag: v3.7.0a1~2229
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=10d5eef8e53a968efc3aff1153a9eb8c6e3e59f3;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Get names for README files from class attribute, allowing subclass to override.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 28cd0d9ef1e8..e5121666b88f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ class sdist(Command):
 
     sub_commands = [('check', checking_metadata)]
 
+    READMES = 'README', 'README.txt'
+
     def initialize_options(self):
         # 'template' and 'manifest' are, respectively, the names of
         # the manifest template and manifest file.
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ class sdist(Command):
         Warns if (README or README.txt) or setup.py are missing; everything
         else is optional.
         """
-        standards = [('README', 'README.txt'), self.distribution.script_name]
+        standards = [self.READMES, self.distribution.script_name]
         for fn in standards:
             if isinstance(fn, tuple):
                 alts = fn