load version info from central ioc/VERSION file

docs/conf.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # import sys
 # sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/local/src/libioc/iocage')
 import sphinx.apidoc
+import os.path
 
 def setup(app):
     sphinx.ext.apidoc.main([
@@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ def setup(app):
 author = 'ioc Contributors'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.4.0'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = ''
+__dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+__version_file = os.path.join(__dirname, '../ioc/VERSION')
+with open(__version_file, "r") as f:
+    release = f.read().split("\n")[0]
+version = release.split()[0]
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------

ioc/__init__.py

@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 """Libioc Python module ioc."""
 import sys
+import os.path
 import importlib
 import typing
 
-VERSION = "0.4.0 2019/01/04"
+
+def _get_version():
+    __dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    __version_file = os.path.join(__dirname, 'VERSION')
+    with open(__version_file, "r") as f:
+        return f.read().split("\n")[0]
 
 
 class _HookedModule:

setup.py

@@ -50,17 +50,21 @@ def _read_requirements(
 if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
     exit("Only Python 3.6 and higher is supported.")
 
+with open("ioc/VERSION", "r") as f:
+    version = f.read().split()[0]
+
 setup(
     name='ioc',
     license='BSD',
-    version='0.4.0',
-    description='A Python library to manage jails with ioc (an iocage fork)',
+    version=version,
+    description='A Python library to manage jails with ioc{age,cell}',
     keywords='FreeBSD jail ioc',
     author='ioc Contributors',
     author_email='authors@ioc.io',
-    url='https://github.com/bsdci/ioc',
+    url='https://github.com/bsdci/libioc',
     python_requires='>=3.6',
     packages=find_packages(include=["ioc", "ioc.*"]),
+    package_data={'': ['VERSION']},
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=ioc_requirements["install_requires"],
     dependency_links=ioc_requirements["dependency_links"],