From 1674bd753eb92b922627489a669ef57ef9853b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Stout <lancestout@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:38:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix setup.py Unicode issue with README.rst

Fixes issue #135
---
 setup.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a49ec9d6..954a1022 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # file, which you should have received as part of this distribution.
 
 import sys
+import codecs
 try:
     from setuptools import setup, Command
 except ImportError:
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ from sleekxmpp.version import __version__
 
 VERSION          = __version__
 DESCRIPTION      = 'SleekXMPP is an elegant Python library for XMPP (aka Jabber, Google Talk, etc).'
-with open('README.rst') as readme:
+with codecs.open('README.rst', 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as readme:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = ''.join(readme)
 
 CLASSIFIERS      = [ 'Intended Audience :: Developers',