Switch to using __about__ for package metadata

Author: sethmlarson

setup.py

@@ -12,29 +12,23 @@
 tests_require = ['begins', 'funconf']
 
 
-def load_version(filename='./virtualbox/version.py'):
-    """Parse a __version__ number from a source file"""
-    with open(filename) as source:
-        text = source.read()
-        match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", text)
-        if not match:
-            msg = "Unable to find version number in {}".format(filename)
-            raise RuntimeError(msg)
-        version = match.group(1)
-        return version
+base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+about = {}
+with open(os.path.join(base_dir, 'virtualbox', '__about__.py')) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
 
 
 setup(
-    name="pyvbox",
-    version=load_version(),
+    name=about['__name__'],
+    version=about['__version__'],
     packages=["virtualbox",
               "virtualbox.library_ext"],
-    author="Michael Dorman",
-    author_email="mjdorma+pyvbox@gmail.com",
-    url="https://github.com/mjdorma/pyvbox",
+    author=about['__author__'],
+    author_email=about['__email__'],
+    url=about['__url__'],
     description="A complete VirtualBox Main API implementation",
     long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
-    license="Apache-2.0",
+    license=about['__license__'],
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=install_requires,
     platforms=['cygwin', 'win', 'linux'],

virtualbox/__about__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+__name__ = 'pyvbox'
+__author__ = 'Michael Dorman'
+__email__ = 'mjdorma+pyvbox@gmail.com'
+__version__ = '1.3.0b1'
+__license__ = 'Apache-2.0'
+__url__ = 'https://github.com/mjdorma/pyvbox'

virtualbox/__init__.py

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 from multiprocessing import current_process
 
 from virtualbox.library_ext import library
+from .__about__ import (__name__,  # noqa: F401
+                        __version__,
+                        __author__,
+                        __email__,
+                        __license__,
+                        __url__)
 
 
 # Adopt on the library API root documentation
@@ -238,5 +244,3 @@ def __init__(self, url='http://localhost/', user='', password=''):
 # Lazy include...
 from virtualbox import pool  # noqa: F401
 from virtualbox import events  # noqa: F401
-from virtualbox import version  # noqa: F401
-from virtualbox.version import __version__  # noqa: F401