Move to .rst and use it in setup.py for long description

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4b1e18e..5bdff65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-
+import os
 from setuptools import setup, Command
 
 with open('VERSION', 'r') as v:
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ test_require = ['tox', 'mock']
 if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     test_require.append('unittest2')
 
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')) as f:
+    README = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name="kafka-python",
@@ -46,15 +50,10 @@ setup(
     url="https://github.com/mumrah/kafka-python",
     license="Apache License 2.0",
     description="Pure Python client for Apache Kafka",
-    long_description="""
-This module provides low-level protocol support for Apache Kafka as well as
-high-level consumer and producer classes. Request batching is supported by the
-protocol as well as broker-aware request routing. Gzip and Snappy compression
-is also supported for message sets.
-""",
+    long_description=README,
     keywords="apache kafka",
     install_requires=['six'],
-    classifiers = [
+    classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",