[rst] unicode is a pain

AUTHORS.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-See contributors.
+[Humans](https://github.com/SheffieldML/GPy/graphs/contributors)

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # GPy
 
-A Gaussian processes framework in Python.
+The Gaussian processes framework in Python.
 
 * [GPy homepage](http://sheffieldml.github.io/GPy/)
 * [Tutorial notebooks](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/SheffieldML/notebook/blob/master/GPy/index.ipynb)
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ With anaconda you can install GPy by the following:
     conda update scipy
     pip install gpy
 
-We've also had luck with [enthought](http://www.enthought.com). Install scipy later or the same as 
-0.16 and then pip install GPy:
+We've also had luck with [enthought](http://www.enthought.com). Install scipy 0.16 (or later)
+ and then pip install GPy:
 
     pip install gpy
 

setup.py

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ def read(fname):
 def read_to_rst(fname):
     try:
         import pypandoc
-        return pypandoc.convert(read(fname), 'rst')
+        rstname = "{}.{}".format(os.path.splitext(fname)[0], 'rst')
+        pypandoc.convert(read(fname), 'rst', rstname)
+        return read(rstname)
     except ImportError:
         return read(fname)
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ ext_mods = [Extension(name='GPy.kern.src.stationary_cython',
 
 setup(name = 'GPy',
       version = __version__,
-      author = read('AUTHORS.txt'),
+      author = read_to_rst('AUTHORS.TXT'),
       author_email = "gpy.authors@gmail.com",
       description = ("The Gaussian Process Toolbox"),
       license = "BSD 3-clause",