use the README file for the long description of the package

README

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+rfc3161
+=======
+
+A simple client library for cryptographic timestamping service implementing the
+protocol from RFC3161.
+
+    >>> import rfc3161
+    >>> certificate = file('data/certum_certificate.crt').read()
+    >>> rt = rfc3161.RemoteTimestamper('http://time.certum.pl', certificate=certificate)
+    >>> rt.timestamp(data='John Doe')
+    ('...', '')
+    >>> rt.check(tst, data='John Doe')
+    (True, '')
+    >>> rfc3161.get_timestamp(tst)
+    datetime.datetime(2014, 4, 25, 9, 34, 16)
+
+Authors
+=======
+
+Benjamin Dauvergne <bdauvergne@entrouvert.com>
+Michael Gebetsroither <michael@mgeb.org>

README.txt

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-rfc3161
-=======
-
-A simple client library for cryptographic timestamping service implement the
-protocol from RFC3161.
-
-Authors
-=======
-
-Benjamin Dauvergne <bdauvergne@entrouvert.com>
-Michael Gebetsroither <michael@mgeb.org>

setup.py

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 #!/usr/bin/python
 from distutils.core import setup, Command
 from unittest import TextTestRunner, TestLoader
-from glob import glob
-from os.path import splitext, basename, join as pjoin
 import os
 
 class TestCommand(Command):
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ setup(name='rfc3161',
         license='MIT',
         url='https://dev.entrouvert.org/projects/python-rfc3161',
         description='Python implementation of the RFC3161 specification, using pyasn1',
+        long_description=file('README').read(),
         author='Benjamin Dauvergne',
         author_email='bdauvergne@entrouvert.com',
         packages=['rfc3161'],