from setuptools import setup, find_packages

from metaphone import meta


setup(
    name=meta.display_name,
    version=meta.version,
    description=meta.description,
    author=meta.author,
    author_email=meta.author_email,
    url=meta.url,
    license=meta.license,
    packages=find_packages(),
    long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
    tests_require = ['nose'],
    test_suite = 'nose.collector',
    )

@@ -36,16 +36,26 @@
 packages
+%0Aimport io
 %0A%0Afrom m
@@ -327,16 +327,19 @@
 ription=
+io.
 open(%22RE
@@ -347,16 +347,34 @@
 DME.rst%22
+, encoding='utf-8'
 ).read()

Use io.open in setup.py to specify UTF-8 encoding