code: def _clean_metadata(self):
          
          desc = self.metadata.get_long_description()
          if not isinstance(desc, six.text_type):
              desc = desc.decode('utf-8')
          lines = io.StringIO(desc)
  
          def trim_eight_spaces(line):
              if line.startswith(' ' * 8):
                  line = line[8:]
              return line
          lines = itertools.chain(
              itertools.islice(lines, 1),
              six.moves.map(trim_eight_spaces, lines),
          )
          self.metadata.long_description = ''.join(lines)
docs: the long description doesn't load properly (gets unwanted indents),
          so fix it.