Render long description as rst to make it look good at PyPI

Author: utapyngo

.gitignore

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.orig
 dist
 build
-django_datatable_view.egg-info
+*.egg-info
 .tm_properties
 db.sqlite3
 appengine

setup.py

@@ -3,30 +3,39 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-setup(name='django-datatable-view-compat',
-      version='0.8.3',
-      description='This package is used in conjunction with the jQuery plugin '
-                  '(http://http://datatables.net/), and supports state-saving detection'
-                  ' with (http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api).  The package consists of '
-                  'a class-based view, and a small collection of utilities for rendering'
-                  ' table data from models.',
-      author='utapyngo',
-      author_email='ut@pyngo.tom.ru',
-      url='https://github.com/utapyngo/django-datatable-view',
-      download_url='https://github.com/utapyngo/django-datatable-view/tarball/django20',
-      license='Apache License (2.0)',
-      classifiers=[
-           'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
-           'Environment :: Web Environment',
-           'Framework :: Django',
-           'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-           'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
-           'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-           'Programming Language :: Python',
-           'Topic :: Software Development',
-      ],
-      packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
-      package_data={'datatableview': ['static/js/*.js', 'templates/datatableview/*.html']},
-      include_package_data=True,
-      install_requires=['django>=2.0', 'python-dateutil>=2.1'],
+try:
+    import pypandoc
+    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+except (IOError, ImportError, OSError):
+    long_description = open('README.md').read()
+
+setup(
+    name='django-datatable-view-compat',
+    version='0.8.3',
+    description='This package is used in conjunction with the jQuery plugin '
+                '(http://http://datatables.net/), and supports state-saving detection'
+                ' with (http://datatables.net/plug-ins/api).  The package consists of '
+                'a class-based view, and a small collection of utilities for rendering'
+                ' table data from models.',
+    long_description=long_description,
+    author='utapyngo',
+    author_email='ut@pyngo.tom.ru',
+    url='https://github.com/utapyngo/django-datatable-view',
+    download_url='https://github.com/utapyngo/django-datatable-view/tarball/django20',
+    license='Apache License (2.0)',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
+        'Environment :: Web Environment',
+        'Framework :: Django',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development',
+    ],
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
+    package_data={'datatableview': ['static/js/*.js', 'templates/datatableview/*.html']},
+    include_package_data=True,
+    setup_requires=['pypandoc==1.4'],
+    install_requires=['django>=2.0', 'python-dateutil>=2.1'],
 )