Convert readme from markdown to rst for PyPI

Author: stefankoegl

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 wheel
+pandoc==1.0.0-alpha.3

setup.py

@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 # Extract name and e-mail ("Firstname Lastname <mail@example.org>")
 AUTHOR, EMAIL = re.match(r'(.*) <(.*)>', AUTHOR_EMAIL).groups()
 
+try:
+    from pypandoc import convert
+    read_md = lambda f: convert(f, 'rst')
+except ImportError:
+    print('warning: pypandoc module not found, could not convert '
+          'Markdown to RST')
+    read_md = lambda f: open(f, 'r').read()
+
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
     'Environment :: Console',
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@
 setup(name=PACKAGE,
       version=VERSION,
       description=DESCRIPTION,
+      long_description=read_md('README.md'),
       author=AUTHOR,
       author_email=EMAIL,
       license=LICENSE,