Merge pull request #53 from NASA-AMMOS/issue-52

Issue #52 - Convert README.md to README.rst for PyPi

README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+AMMOS Instrument Toolkit (AIT)
+==============================
+
+The AMMOS Instrument Toolkit (Formerly the Bespoke Links to Instruments
+for Surface and Space (BLISS)) is a Python-based software suite
+developed to handle Ground Data System (GDS), Electronic Ground Support
+Equipment (EGSE), commanding, telemetry uplink/downlink, and sequencing
+for JPL International Space Station and CubeSat Missions. It is a
+generalization and expansion of tools developed for a number of JPL ISS
+missions.
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+You can read through the `Installation and Configuration
+Page <http://ait-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`__ for
+instruction on how to install AIT Core.
+
+You can read through the `New Project Setup
+Page <http://ait-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/project_setup.html>`__
+for instructions on how to use AIT on your next project.
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+For information on how to contribute please see the `AIT Contributors
+Guides <http://ait-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribute.html>`__
+
+--------------
+
+|travis|
+|docs|
+
+.. |travis| image:: https://travis-ci.org/NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core.svg?branch=master
+    :alt: build status
+    :scale: 100%
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core
+.. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/ait-core/badge/?version=master
+    :alt: Documentation Status
+    :scale: 100%
+    :target: https://ait-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=master

setup.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with io.open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with io.open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 class InstallWithGithooks(install):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def run(self):
     version      = '0.37.0',
     description  = description,
     long_description = long_description,
-    long_description_content_type = 'text/markdown',
+    long_description_content_type = 'text/x-rst',
     url          = 'https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/AIT-Core',
     packages     = find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
     author       = 'AMMOS Instrument Toolkit Development Team',