Updated readme.md to mention the Python bindings, set python bindings version number to 1.5.0 to match main project version

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a30ffa..0f83bc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ Supported Platforms:
 * Visual Studio 2008 and 2012 (2010 untested)
 * GCC version 4.4. and higher
 
+## Python Bindings ##
+We provide bindings for Python 3.x and 2.7.12+, which are installable using `pip`. Please see
+the Python-specific README.rst in the `python` folder of this repository for details.
+
 References:
 
 1. H.Edelsbrunner, J.Harer: Computational Topology, An Introduction. American Mathematical Society, 2010, ISBN 0-8218-4925-5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6d082d7..1ce0e51 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ if sys.version_info < (3,4,0):
 
 setup(
     name='phat',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version='1.5.0',
     author='Bryn Keller',
     author_email='bryn.keller@intel.com',
     url='https://bitbucket.org/phat-code/phat',
-    description='Python bindings for PHAT',
+    description='Python bindings for PHAT, the C++ based Persistent Homology Algorithm Toolbox',
     license = 'LGPL',
     keywords='algebraic-topology PHAT distributed topology persistent-homology',
     long_description=long_description,