fix: use correct rendering of long_description in setup.py

Author: padamstx

setup.py

@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@
     os.system('python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi')
     sys.exit()
 
-# Convert README.md to README.rst for pypi
-try:
-    from pypandoc import convert_file
-
-    def read_md(f):
-        return convert_file(f, 'rst')
-
-    # read_md = lambda f: convert(f, 'rst')
-except:
-    print('warning: pypandoc module not found, '
-          'could not convert Markdown to RST')
-
-    def read_md(f):
-        return open(f, 'rb').read().decode(encoding='utf-8')
-    # read_md = lambda f: open(f, 'rb').read().decode(encoding='utf-8')
-
-
 class PyTest(TestCommand):
     def finalize_options(self):
         TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
@@ -74,7 +57,9 @@ class PyTestIntegration(PyTest):
     def finalize_options(self):
         self.test_args = ['--strict', '--verbose', '--tb=long', 'test/integration']
 
-        
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    readme = fh.read()
+
 setup(name=PACKAGE_NAME.replace('_', '-'),
       version=__version__,
       description=PACKAGE_DESC,
@@ -84,7 +69,8 @@ def finalize_options(self):
       cmdclass={'test': PyTest, 'test_unit': PyTestUnit, 'test_integration': PyTestIntegration},
       author='IBM',
       author_email='[email protected]',
-      long_description=read_md('README.md'),
+      long_description=readme,
+      long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       url='https://github.com/IBM/platform-services-python-sdk',
       packages=[PACKAGE_NAME],
       include_package_data=True,