Regex to turn Sphinx method and class refs into normal reST, for PyPI display

gistfile1.py

"""This is how I include a dumbed-down copy of the ordinarily Sphinxified version history in my PyPI README.rst in django-tidings."""

re.sub(r':[a-zA-Z]+:`[0-9a-zA-Z~_\.]+\.([^`]+)`',
       r'``\1``',
       open('docs/changes.rst').read())