2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 668dca6..dab8be7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ Releases
 ========
 
 * Update versions in configure.ac and python/subunit/__init__.py.
-* Update Makefile in the root or do an inplace configure to get an updated Makefile.
 * Update NEWS.
-* Make PyPI and regular tarball releases. Upload the regular one to LP, the
-  PyPI one to PyPI.
+* Do a make distcheck, which will update Makefile etc.
+* Do a PyPI release: PYTHONPATH=../../python python ../../setup.py sdist upload -s
+* Upload the regular one to LP.
 * Push a tagged commit.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a05002..8bc7921 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import os.path
 try:
     # If the user has setuptools / distribute installed, use it
     from setuptools import setup
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ VERSION = (
     or "0.0")
 
 
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 setup(
     name='python-subunit',
     version=VERSION,