convert README to Markdown

Author: benoit-pierre

README.rst renamed to README.md

@@ -1,65 +1,56 @@
-Plover Plugin Manager
-=====================
+# Plover Plugin Manager
 
-Release history
----------------
+## Release history
 
-0.5.16
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.16
 
 * stop using PyPI's (disabled) XMLRPC search endpoint, and switch to a self-hosted registry of
-  available plugins (maintained at https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover_plugins_registry).
+  available plugins (maintained at <https://github.com/openstenoproject/plover_plugins_registry>).
 
-0.5.15
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.15
 
 * fix support for cancelling an install/update/removal operation on Windows.
 
-0.5.14
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.14
 
 * drop the use of pip's internal APIs
 * drop the dependency on PyQt5 WebEngine
 * improve and simplify cache handling: persistently cache all network
   requests (with a 10 minutes expiration date)
 * support for Python 3.8
 
-0.5.13
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.13
 
-* add support for pip>=18.0
-* add support for PyQt5>=5.11
+* add support for `pip>=18.0`
+* add support for `PyQt5>=5.11`
 * add support for Markdown plugin descriptions
 
-0.5.12
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.12
 
 * improve handling of plugins when user site is disabled: always list the
   version for the user installed plugin (even if it's older than the system
   package version and user site packages are disabled)
 * disable pip version check
-* add support for pip>=10.0
+* add support for `pip>=10.0`
 
-0.5.11
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.11
 
 * plugins are now handled even if they can't be loaded by Plover
   (so it's possible to update/uninstall broken plugins)
 
-0.5.10
-~~~~~~
+### 0.5.10
 
 * fix #5: open all links externally
 
-0.5.9
-~~~~~
+### 0.5.9
 
 * refresh PyPI metadata in the background
 * cache PyPI metadata for 10 minutes
 * do not crash if connection to PyPI fails
 
+## Credits
 
-Credits
--------
+Icon made by [Freepik][] from [www.flaticon.com][].
 
-Icon made by `Freepik <http://www.freepik.com/>`_ from `www.flaticon.com <http://www.flaticon.com/>`_.
+  [Freepik]: http://www.freepik.com/
+  [www.flaticon.com]: http://www.flaticon.com/

setup.cfg

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 name = plover_plugins_manager
 version = 0.5.16
 description = Plugins manager for Plover
-long_description = file: README.rst
-long_description_content_type = text/x-rst; charset=UTF-8
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 author = Benoit Pierre
 author_email = benoit.pierre@gmail.com
 license = GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)