remote rst and pandoc from setup.py, fix requirements-dev.txt

.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
     - name: Display Python version
       run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r requirements.txt
 pytest>=2.5
 pytest-cov
 pandoc

setup.py

@@ -16,31 +16,6 @@
 from edx_dl._version import __version__
 
 
-def generate_readme_rst():
-    """
-    Generate README.rst from README.md via pandoc.
-
-    In case of errors, we show a message having the error that we got and
-    exit the program.
-    """
-
-    pandoc_cmd = [
-        'pandoc',
-        '--from=markdown',
-        '--to=rst',
-        '--output=README.rst',
-        'README.md'
-    ]
-
-    if os.path.exists('README.rst'):
-        return
-    try:
-        subprocess.call(pandoc_cmd)
-    except (IOError, OSError) as e:
-        print('Could not run "pandoc". Error: %s' % e, file=sys.stderr)
-        print('Generating only a stub instead of the real documentation.')
-
-
 def read_file(filename, alt=None):
     """
     Read the contents of filename or give an alternative result instead.
@@ -55,12 +30,9 @@ def read_file(filename, alt=None):
     return lines
 
 
-generate_readme_rst()
-
 long_description = read_file(
-    'README.rst',
-    'Generate README.rst from README.md via pandoc!\n\nExample: '
-    'pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst --output=README.rst README.md'
+    'README.md',
+    'Cannot find README.md'
 )
 requirements = read_file('requirements.txt')
 dev_requirements = read_file('requirements-dev.txt')
@@ -94,12 +66,13 @@ def read_file(filename, alt=None):
     url='https://github.com/coursera-dl/edx-dl',
 
     install_requires=requirements,
-    extras_require=dict(
-        dev=dev_requirements
-    ),
+    extras_require={
+        'dev': dev_requirements,
+    },
 
     description='Simple tool to download video and lecture materials from edx.org.',
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords=['edx-dl','edX', 'download', 'education', 'MOOCs', 'video'],
     classifiers=trove_classifiers,