Update setup.py and convert README to markdown

3 files changed, 45 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 86738b3..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-  { pluginbase }
-
-    PluginBase is a module for Python that enables the
-    development of flexible plugin systems in Python.
-
-    Step 1:
-
-      from pluginbase import PluginBase
-      plugin_base = PluginBase(package='yourapplication.plugins')
-    
-    Step 2:
-    
-      plugin_source = plugin_base.make_plugin_source(
-          searchpath=['./path/to/plugins', './path/to/more/plugins'])
-    
-    Step 3:
-    
-      with plugin_source:
-          from yourapplication.plugins import my_plugin
-      my_plugin.do_something_cool()
-    
-    Or alternatively:
-
-      my_plugin = plugin_source.load_plugin('my_plugin')
-      my_plugin.do_something_cool()
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4faeacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# PluginBase
+
+PluginBase is a module for Python that enables the
+development of flexible plugin systems in Python.
+
+Step 1:
+```python
+from pluginbase import PluginBase
+plugin_base = PluginBase(package='yourapplication.plugins')
+```
+
+Step 2:
+```python
+plugin_source = plugin_base.make_plugin_source(
+    searchpath=['./path/to/plugins', './path/to/more/plugins'])
+```
+
+Step 3:
+```python
+with plugin_source:
+    from yourapplication.plugins import my_plugin
+my_plugin.do_something_cool()
+```
+
+Or alternatively:
+```python
+my_plugin = plugin_source.load_plugin('my_plugin')
+my_plugin.do_something_cool()
+```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2b70c4f..e689052 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
+import os
+import sys
 
+base_directory = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+DESCRIPTION = """
+PluginBase is a module for Python that enables the development of flexible \
+plugin systems in Python.\
+"""
+
+with(os.path.join(base_directory, 'README.md'), 'r') as file_h:
+    long_description = file_h.read()
 
 setup(
     name='pluginbase',
@@ -11,6 +20,9 @@ setup(
     maintainer='Spencer McIntyre',
     maintainer_email='zeroSteiner@gmail.com',
     version='0.7-dev',
+    description=DESCRIPTION,
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='http://github.com/mitsuhiko/pluginbase',
     py_modules=['pluginbase'],
     description='A support library for building plugins sytems in Python.',