Proper path to README.txt in setup.py

The setup.py will fail when invoked from any other working
directory than the main directory of the project. This can
be problematic for some deployment tools. Ideally, setup.py
should contain no code.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8633c85..4c7d7d6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ XStatic - setup.py
 Works with: setuptools
 """
 
+import os.path
 # The README.txt file should be written in reST so that PyPI can use
 # it to generate your project's PyPI page. 
-long_description = open('README.txt').read()
+readme_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                           'README.txt')
+with open(readme_path) as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages