setup.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os

import setuptools

def main():

    setuptools.setup(
        name             = 'AWRS',
        version          = '2019.08.14.1152',
        description      = 'weather utilities',
        long_description = long_description(),
        url              = 'https://github.com/wdbm/AWRS',
        author           = 'Will Breaden Madden',
        author_email     = 'wbm@protonmail.ch',
        license          = 'GPLv3',
        py_modules       = [
                           'AWRS'
                           ],
        install_requires = [
                           'docopt',
                           'folktales'
                           ],
        entry_points     = """
                           [console_scripts]
                           AWRS = AWRS:AWRS
                           """
    )

def long_description(
    filename = 'README.md'
    ):

    if os.path.isfile(os.path.expandvars(filename)):
        try:
            import pypandoc
            long_description = pypandoc.convert_file(filename, 'rst')
        except ImportError:
            long_description = open(filename).read()
    else:
        long_description = ''
    return long_description

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()