Use Pypi's markdown descriptions (#289)

README.md

@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
 [![Requirements Status][requires-image]][requires-link]
 [![pypi-version][pypi-image]][pypi-link]
 ![License][license-image-mit]
+
 # PyMdown Extensions
+
 Extensions for [Python Markdown](https://pythonhosted.org/Markdown/).
 
 # Documentation
+
 Extension documentation is found here: http://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/.
 
 # License
+
 License is MIT except for a few exceptions.  See [LICENSE](https://github.com/facelessuser/pymdown-extensions/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for more info.
 
 [codecov-image]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/facelessuser/pymdown-extensions/master.svg

setup.py

@@ -6,24 +6,6 @@
 import os
 import imp
 
-LONG_DESC = '''
-PyMdown Extensions (pymdownx) is a collection of extensions for `Python Markdown`_.
-It should work for Python Markdown versions 2.6.0 and greater.
-You can check out the list of available extensions and learn more about them by `reading the docs`_.
-
-.. _`Python Markdown`: https://pythonhosted.org/Markdown/
-.. _`reading the docs`: http://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/
-
-Support
-=======
-
-Help and support is available here at the repositories `bug tracker`_.
-Please read about `support and contributing`_ before creating issues.
-
-.. _`bug tracker`: https://github.com/facelessuser/pymdown-extensions/issues
-.. _`support and contributing`: http://facelessuser.github.io/pymdown-extensions/contributing/
-'''
-
 
 def get_version():
     """Get version and version_info without importing the entire module."""
@@ -54,6 +36,14 @@ def get_requirements(req):
     return install_requires
 
 
+def get_description():
+    """Get long description."""
+
+    with open("README.md", 'r') as f:
+        desc = f.read()
+    return desc
+
+
 VER, DEVSTATUS = get_version()
 
 
@@ -62,7 +52,8 @@ def get_requirements(req):
     version=VER,
     keywords='markdown extensions',
     description='Extension pack for Python Markdown.',
-    long_description=LONG_DESC,
+    long_description=get_description(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='Isaac Muse',
     author_email='[email protected]',
     url='https://github.com/facelessuser/pymdown-extensions',