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

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

## Root Cause

MANIFEST.in or setup.cfg does not include required metadata files for sdist.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.10 | active | — | — |
| 3.11 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   echo 'include README.md' >> MANIFEST.in
python -m build
   ```
2. **** (90% success)
   ```
   [project]
readme = "README.md"
# then: python -m build
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — PyPI may reject the upload or the package appears unmaintained. (60% fail)
- **** — Does not fix the build process; next build omits it again. (80% fail)