Conda packaging and new CI/CD pipelines

This MR brings this package inline with the current CI/CD pipelines for Bob.

So far, we're trying to minimize the total amount of changes that need to go in to avoid re-writing build and deployment scripts.

README.rst

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 .. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero Public License along     ..
 .. with the BEAT platform. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.          ..
 
-
-============================================
- Biometrics Evaluation and Testing Platform
-============================================
-
-This package contains the source code for a python-based backend for the BEAT
-platform.
-
-It contains the minimum amount of code needed to run an algorithm or serve
-data from a dataset. It is designed to be installed in a container.
-
-The ``beat.core`` package extends the functionalities of this one (for
-instance, it adds thorough validation of each user contribution, whereas
-``beat.backend.python`` assumes that an invalid contribution will never
-reach the container).
-
-For this reason (and to keep ``beat.backend.python`` as small as possible),
-all the unit tests are located in ``beat.core``.
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-yellow.svg
+   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/beat/docs/beat/beat.backend.python/stable/index.html
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-orange.svg
+   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/beat/docs/beat/beat.backend.python/master/index.html
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python/badges/master/build.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python/badges/master/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python/commits/master
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/beat.backend.python.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/beat.backend.python
+
+
+=========================
+ Python Backend for BEAT
+=========================
+
+This package part of BEAT_, an open-source evaluation platform for data science
+algorithms and workflows. It contains the minimum amount of code needed to run
+user algorithms or inject data in toolchains from locally installed raw data
+assets.
 
 
 Installation
 ------------
 
-Really easy, with ``zc.buildout``::
+Complete BEAT's `installation`_ instructions. Then, to install this package,
+run::
 
-  $ python bootstrap-buildout.py
-  $ ./bin/buildout
+  $ conda install beat.backend.python
 
-These 2 commands should download and install all non-installed dependencies and
-get you a fully operational test and development environment.
 
+Contact
+-------
 
-Documentation
--------------
+For questions or reporting issues to this software package, contact our
+development `mailing list`_.
 
-To build the documentation, just do::
 
-  $ ./bin/sphinx-apidoc --separate -d 2 --output=doc/api beat
-  $ ./bin/sphinx-build doc sphinx
+.. Place your references here:
+.. _beat: https://www.idiap.ch/software/beat
+.. _installation: https://www.idiap.ch/software/beat/install
+.. _mailing list: https://www.idiap.ch/software/beat/discuss