old_contents: from setuptools import setup, find_packages
  from mercuryitc import __version__
  
  # Authors
  # Florian Forster <florian.forster@rwth-aachen.de>
  # Sam Schott <ss2151@cam.ac.uk>
  
  setup(name="mercuryitc",
        version=__version__,
        description="Full Python driver for the Oxford Mercury iTC cryogenic environment controller.",
        author='Florian Forster, Sam Schott',
        maintainer='Florian Forster',
        maintainer_email='f.forster@physik.uni-muenchen.de',
        url='https://github.com/crazyfermions/python-mercury_driver',
        licence='MIT',
        long_description=open('README.md').read(),
        packages=find_packages(),
        install_requires=[
            'PyVISA',
            'pyvisa-py',
        ],
        zip_safe=False,
        )
  
new_contents: from setuptools import setup, find_packages
  from mercuryitc import __version__
  
  # Authors
  # Florian Forster <florian.forster@rwth-aachen.de>
  # Sam Schott <ss2151@cam.ac.uk>
  
  setup(name="mercuryitc",
        version=__version__',
        description="Full Python driver for the Oxford Mercury iTC cryogenic environment controller.",
        author='Florian Forster, Sam Schott',
        maintainer='Florian Forster',
        maintainer_email='f.forster@physik.uni-muenchen.de',
        url='https://github.com/crazyfermions/python-mercury_driver',
        licence='MIT',
        long_description=open('README.md').read(),
        long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
        packages=find_packages(),
        install_requires=[
            'PyVISA',
            'pyvisa-py',
        ],
        zip_safe=False,
        )
  
subject: Add long description type to setup.py