setup.py - deprecated pypandoc.convert() -> pypandoc.convert_file()

python setup.py build
Creating README.rst
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/appsmith/asv/ports/repo/pypreprocessor/setup.py", line 22, in <module>
    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
AttributeError: module 'pypandoc' has no attribute 'convert'

man-group/pytest-plugins#87

Hi there.

I'm the maintainer of PyPandoc, which seems to be the root error in ops post.
In the recent release of PyPandoc (version 1.8), the convert function was removed after a year of being deprecated.
The solution here, is to either switch to pypandoc.convert_file or pypandoc.convert_text, depending

Author: Dan Dees

setup.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # To update:
 # - python setup.py sdist upload
 
-import sys
 try:
     from setuptools import Command, setup
 except ImportError:
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
 try:
     import pypandoc
     print('Creating README.rst')
-    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
+    long_description = pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst')
 except(IOError, ImportError):
     print('Pypandoc not installed, skipping README.rst creation')
     long_description = open('README.md').read()