Specify utf-8 encoding in setup.py (#58)

Author: florimondmanca

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Explicitly use `utf-8` encoding in `setup.py`, which could previously lead to issues when installing on certain systems.
+
 ## [v1.3.0.b0] - 2019-06-23
 
 **NOTE**: this release contains migrations. In your Django project, run them using:

setup.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
 """Package setup."""
 
 import setuptools
 
-with open("README.md", "r") as readme:
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as readme:
     long_description = readme.read()