[FIX] name of distribution conform to PEP 625 (#916)

* [skip ci] pin twine version

* [skip ci] fix issue with markdown instead

* add long desription file

* update setuptools to work with pep 625

Author: jdkent

.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+        pip install setuptools==69.5.1 wheel twine
+        # pinned setuptools version to support PEP 625
+        # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/NEWS.rst#v6930
     - name: Build and publish
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==68.2.2", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools==69.5.1", "wheel"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 99