The README.txt should be in the most important parts readable without keyword substitutions. The release number ist now directly included. Distinguish between the release date "release_date" and the build date of the documentation "today".

[metadata]
license_file = LICENSE.txt

[egg_info]
tag_build = 
tag_date = 0
tag_svn_revision = 0

[bdist_wheel]
universal = 1

[sdist]
formats = gztar