diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 23885511bdd109a3dd5a22a17a4a65e45bc05fd5..e33776ac99988290da00cd373aa4e44d730e8769 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
-include doc/*.html
+# any kind of "*" pulls in __init__.pyc files,
+# so all extensions are explicit.
+
+recursive-include doc *.html *.css *.txt *.js *.jpg *.png *.py Makefile *.rst *.mako *.sty autohandler
+recursive-include examples *.py *.xml *.mako *.myt *.kid *.tmpl
+recursive-include test *.py *.dat
+
+include README* LICENSE distribute_setup.py ez_setup.py CHANGES*
+
+# when we go to sphinx
+#prune doc/build/output
+
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 01bb954499e4eebf51604784cd75a64aa82b7b5a..3c2fdf511448030f6e6eaee6371765f2cb8f5653 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 [egg_info]
 tag_build = dev
-tag_svn_revision = true