Why is there a README_pypi.rst file?

[Spectre5]

Since ~2018, PyPI accepts README files in markdown. Is there a specific reason that we still need this RST version or the README then, or can we drop it in favor of only having the markdown one?

See here

Interestingly, the setup.py file already uses long_description_content_type='text/markdown' even though the readme function reads the reStructuredText version: with open('README_pypi.rst') as f: - which I'm slightly surprised even works. Perhaps if PyPI automatically recognizes that the description is in RST then it just ignores the value in long_description_content_type?

[robbievanleeuwen]

Hi @Spectre5,

Yes, this was a bit of a hack I used when I first uploaded sectionproperties to PyPI, which at the time, seemed to be the only way to get the logo to display on the PyPI page.

Hopefully this isn't required in 2021, will give the cleaner option a shot with the next release!

Robbie