From 6baedd2914612dfdddd14a0e7626298218e301a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Goldberg <cgoldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:37:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixed up setup.py

---
 setup.py | 18 +++++-------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e79dd2a..92530197 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
-import os
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+from auth_backends._version import __version__
 
-exec(open('auth_backends/_version.py').read())
-
-
-def read(*paths):
-    """Build a file path from `paths` and return the contents."""
-    with open(os.path.join(*paths), 'r') as f:
-        return f.read()
 
+with open('README.rst') as a, open('HISTORY.rst') as b, open('AUTHORS') as c:
+    long_description = '{}\n\n{}\n\n{}'.format(a.read(), b.read(), c.read())
 
 setup(
     name='edx-auth-backends',
     version=__version__,
     description='Custom edX authentication backends and pipeline steps',
-    long_description=(
-        read('README.rst') + '\n\n' +
-        read('HISTORY.rst') + '\n\n' +
-        read('AUTHORS')
-    ),
+    long_description=long_description,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3',