Add long description (#856)

PGijsbers · mfeurer · commit d321abac1557 · 2019-10-24T16:27:38.000+02:00
* Add long description. Add/order author names based on MLOSS paper.

* Slightly more verbose short description. Refer to contribution
guidelines elsewhere.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
 
-A python interface for [OpenML](http://openml.org). You can find the documentation on the [openml-python website](https://openml.github.io/openml-python).
-
-Please commit to the right branches following the gitflow pattern:
-http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
+A python interface for [OpenML](http://openml.org), an online platform for open science collaboration in machine learning.
+It can be used to download or upload OpenML data such as datasets and machine learning experiment results.
+You can find the documentation on the [openml-python website](https://openml.github.io/openml-python).
+If you wish to contribute to the package, please see our [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/openml/openml-python/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 Master branch:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import os
 import setuptools
 import sys
 
@@ -12,13 +13,19 @@
         .format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor, sys.version_info.micro)
     )
 
+with open(os.path.join("README.md")) as fid:
+    README = fid.read()
+
 setuptools.setup(name="openml",
-                 author="Matthias Feurer, Jan van Rijn, Arlind Kadra, Andreas Müller, "
-                        "Pieter Gijsbers and Joaquin Vanschoren",
+                 author="Matthias Feurer, Jan van Rijn, Arlind Kadra, Pieter Gijsbers, "
+                        "Neeratyoy Mallik, Sahithya Ravi, Andreas Müller, Joaquin Vanschoren "
+                        "and Frank Hutter",
                  author_email="feurerm@informatik.uni-freiburg.de",
                  maintainer="Matthias Feurer",
                  maintainer_email="feurerm@informatik.uni-freiburg.de",
                  description="Python API for OpenML",
+                 long_description=README,
+                 long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
                  license="BSD 3-clause",
                  url="http://openml.org/",
                  project_urls={
