From 075e50d5ad43bbe5423e44c2186c5ce782d0a4e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Parker <parkerda@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:02:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [patch] Remove use of pandoc to convert to RST

---
 .gitignore     | 8 ++------
 pyproject.toml | 3 +--
 setup.py       | 8 ++------
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b018c32e..2be44be7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ __pycache__/
 # Distribution / packaging
 dist
 *.egg-info
-pandoc-*-amd64.deb
-pandoc-*-windows-x86_64.msi
-pandoc-*-x86_64-macOS.pkg
-README.rst
 
 # Environments
 .venv/
@@ -19,5 +15,5 @@ venv/
 # Other
 kubectl.exe
 /build
-/.vscode
-/site
+/.vscode
+/site
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a69b01c..86cbe527 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools",
-  "pypandoc"
+  "setuptools"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58f99a2b..a8e6a9cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, 'src')
 
 
-if not os.path.exists('README.rst'):
-    import pypandoc
-    pypandoc.download_pandoc(targetfolder='~/bin/')
-    pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst', outputfile='README.rst')
-
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 # Maintain a single source of versioning
@@ -54,6 +49,7 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
     license='Eclipse Public License - v1.0',
     description='Python for Maximo Application Suite Dev/Ops',
     long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     install_requires=[
         'pyyaml',                  # MIT License
         'openshift',               # Apache Software License