Documentation related fixes on win32:

- take readme splash image from local directory
- readme.rst is included via sphinx directive
- modindex is not build - do not include in doc
Merge pull request #33 from mindw/master

Several Minor Documentation Fixes
Slight restructuring of docs toctree and notes on unary union and simplicity.
Linear rings can now report self-intersection (non simplicity)
Document the several version attributes.
Merge pull request #25 from sgillies/master

Documentation and is_simple fixes
Remove VERSION.txt from repo, date the 1.2.16 release.
Note about is_simple for rings.
Add credits back into distutil's long_description.
Back to Flickr link for image to satisfy PyPI.
Fix typo.
Merge pull request #26 from marcjansen/patch-1

Fix typo.
Add missing auxiliary verb.
Merge pull request #27 from marcjansen/master

Add missing auxiliary verb to docs.
Safely remove function-level import in wkt.py.

Use module only imports between wkt.py and geometry/base.py.
Solve circular import once and for all.

Move calls to GEOS serializers from wkt.py and wkb.py to
geometry/base.py.
Add design notes.
Set _ndim when unpicking a geometry
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Toblerity/Shapely
Oops, add pickle test module to suite.