wrap pkg details in dunder file

arfs/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+import os.path
+
+# The directory containing this file
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# get key package details from taco/__version__.py
+ABOUT = {}  # type: ignore
+with open(os.path.join(HERE, '__version__.py')) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), ABOUT)
+
+__version__ = ABOUT['__version__']

arfs/__version__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""
+Information about the package.
+"""
+
+__title__ = 'arfs'
+__description__ = 'All Relevant Feature Selection'
+__version__ = '0.3.1'
+__author__ = 'Thomas Bury'
+__author_email__ = '[email protected]'
+__license__ = 'MIT'
+__url__ = 'https://github.com/ThomasBury/arfs'

setup.py

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import os.path
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os.path
 
 # The directory containing this file
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
+# get key package details from taco/__version__.py
+ABOUT = {}  # type: ignore
+with open(os.path.join(HERE, 'arfs', '__version__.py')) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), ABOUT)
+
 # The text of the README file
 with open(os.path.join(HERE, "README.md")) as fid:
     README = fid.read()
@@ -20,20 +25,20 @@
 
 KEYWORDS = 'feature-selection, all-relevant, selection'
 
-setup(name="arfs",
-      version="0.3.0",
-      description="All Relevant Feature Selection",
+setup(name=ABOUT['__title__'],
+      version=ABOUT['__version__'],
+      description=ABOUT['__description__'],
       long_description=README,
       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-      url="https://github.com/ThomasBury/arfs",
-      author="Thomas Bury",
-      author_email='[email protected]',
+      url=ABOUT['__url__'],
+      author=ABOUT['__author__'],
+      author_email=ABOUT['__author_email__'],
       packages=find_packages(),
       zip_safe=False,  # the package can run out of an .egg file
       install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
       extras_require=EXTRAS_REQUIRE,
       python_requires='>=3.6',
-      license='MIT',
+      license=ABOUT['__license__'],
       keywords=KEYWORDS,
       package_data={'': ['datasets/data/*.zip',
                          'datasets/descr/*.rst']},