Switch to io.open to get the 'encoding' parameter

apple · Jan 9, 2021 · bad23e0 · bad23e0
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commit bad23e0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from os.path import dirname, join as joinpath
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
+from io import open
 
 try:
     from subprocess import getoutput
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
 
 description = "Kerberos high-level interface"
 
-long_description = open(joinpath(dirname(__file__), "README.md")).read()
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
 
 long_description_content_type = "text/markdown"