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index 85a1737..0000000
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-*.swp
-store/*
-*.DS_Store
-*.beam
-.coverage
-couchdbkit.egg-info
-dist
-examples/djangoapp/test.db
-
-syntax: regexp
-.*\#.*\#$
-
diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5280b06..7d2d2ae 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     version = version.__version__,
 
     description = 'Python couchdb kit',
-    long_description = file(
+    long_description = open(
         os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__),
             'README.rst'
-        )
+        ), 'rt'
     ).read(),
     author = 'Benoit Chesneau',
     author_email = 'benoitc@e-engura.com',