Added kludge to work around setuptools bug

The setuptools module is introducing newlines into PKG-INFO. Added a
kludge script to handle all the prep-work for registering the package,
including dealing with this issue.

README.rst

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ input, and attempts to select the best action from a predetermined list
 of choices using an evolving set of rules that match inputs and offer
 appropriate suggestions. It then receives a reward signal indicating the
 quality of its decision, which it uses to adjust the rule set that was
-used to make the decision. This process is then repeated, allowing the
-algorithm to evaluate the changes it has already made and further refine
-the rule set.
+used to make the decision. This process is subsequently repeated,
+allowing the algorithm to evaluate the changes it has already made and
+further refine the rule set.
 
 A key feature of XCS is that, unlike many other machine learning
 algorithms, it not only learns the optimal input/output mapping, but

register_prep.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Prepares for registration.
+__author__ = 'Aaron Hosford'
+
+import glob
+import os
+
+from xcs import __version__
+import build_readme
+
+build_readme.build_readme()
+os.system('python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel')
+
+with open('xcs.egg-info/PKG-INFO', encoding='utf-8', mode='rU') as infile:
+    with open('xcs.egg-info/PKG-INFO-FIXED', encoding='utf-8', mode='w') as outfile:
+        prev_skipped = False
+        for line in infile:
+            if line.strip() or prev_skipped:
+                outfile.write(line)
+                prev_skipped = False
+            else:
+                prev_skipped = True
+os.remove('xcs.egg-info/PKG-INFO')
+os.rename('xcs.egg-info/PKG-INFO-FIXED', 'xcs.egg-info/PKG-INFO')
+
+dist = glob.glob('dist\\*' + __version__ + '*.whl')[-1]
+print(dist)
+os.system('pip install dist\\' + os.path.basename(dist) + ' --upgrade')
+
+

setup.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # Get the long description from the relevant file. First try README.rst, then fall back on
 # the default string defined here in this file.
 if path.isfile(path.join(here, 'README.rst')):
-    with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as description_file:
+    with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8', mode='rU') as description_file:
         long_description = description_file.read()
 
 setup(