Set module version in separate VERSION file

Dana Powers · Dana Powers · commit e81b13a83211 · 2014-08-10T18:39:02.000-07:00
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include VERSION
+recursive-include kafka *.py
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.9.0
diff --git a/kafka/__init__.py b/kafka/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'kafka'
-__version__ = '0.9.0'
+# Use setuptools to get version from setup.py
+import pkg_resources
+__version__ = pkg_resources.require('kafka-python')[0].version
 __author__ = 'David Arthur'
 __license__ = 'Apache License 2.0'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012, David Arthur under Apache License, v2.0'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, Command
 
-from kafka import __version__
+with open('VERSION', 'r') as v:
+    __version__ = v.read().rstrip()
 
 class Tox(Command):
 
