# warning: sdist: standard file not found: should have one of README, README.rst, README.txt, README.md

- **ID:** `python/setuptools-license-file-missing`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** config_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

The package is missing a README file, which setuptools expects for metadata.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.8 | active | — | — |
| 3.9 | active | — | — |
| 3.10 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Create a README.md with basic project info** (95% success)
   ```
   echo '# My Project' > README.md
   ```
2. **Specify readme in setup.py** (80% success)
   ```
   from setuptools import setup; setup(..., long_description=open('README.md').read())
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **Ignoring the warning** — May cause issues in package distribution. (50% fail)
- **Adding an empty file named README** — Empty content doesn't provide proper documentation. (40% fail)