run pypandoc to convert README to ReST for PyPI

Author: Carreau

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 
+with open('README.md') as f:
+    data = f.read()
+try:
+    import pypandoc
+    description = pypandoc.convert(data, 'rst', format='markdown')
+except ImportError:
+    print("pypandoc conversion failed, readme will not be rendered on PyPI")
+    print("(You can ignore this if you're only doing local development)")
+    description = data
+
+
 
 extras_requires = {
     ':sys_platform == "win32"': ['pyreadline>=2'],
@@ -8,7 +19,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='rlipython',
-    version='0.1.1',
+    version='0.1.2',
     packages=['rlipython',],
     install_requires=["ipython>5.3"],
     extras_requires=extras_requires,
@@ -17,5 +28,5 @@
     author_email='[email protected]',
     url='https://github.com/ipython/rlipython',
     description="readline integration for IPython 5.4+ and 6.0+",
-    long_description=open('readme.md').read(),
+    long_description=description
 )