use io.open in setup.py for Python 2.7

alphatwirl · Mar 10, 2019 · f021620 · f021620
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import versioneer
 
 import os
+import io
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with io.open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(