def read_file()

in setup.py [0:0]


def read_file(name):
    filepath = os.path.join(
        os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
        name
    )
    data = open(filepath)
    try:
        return data.read()
    except IOError:
        print "could not read %r" % name
        data.close()