setuptools-markdown 0.1.dev1

Use Markdown for your project description

setuptools-markdown

Use Markdown for your project description

Use

#!/usr/bin/env python
# setup.py

from setuptools import setup

setup(
    ...
    setup_requires=['setuptools-markdown'],
    long_description_markdown_filename='README.md',
    ...
)

The plugin will read the specified file, convert it to reST using pypandoc and store the resulting reST in the long_description metadata field of your distribution.