read version from __init__.py

Author: Martin Luessi

setup.py

@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@
 # deal with MPL sandbox violations during easy_install
 os.environ['MPLCONFIGDIR'] = '.'
 
-from surfer.__version__ import __version__
+# get the version, don't import surfer here so setup works on headless systems
+version = None
+with open(os.path.join('surfer', '__init__.py'), 'r') as fid:
+    for line in (line.strip() for line in fid):
+        if line.startswith('__version__'):
+            version = line.split('=')[1].strip().strip('"')
+            break
+if version is None:
+    raise RuntimeError('Could not determine version')
 
 DISTNAME = 'pysurfer'
 DESCRIPTION = descr
@@ -20,7 +28,7 @@
 URL = 'http://pysurfer.github.com'
 LICENSE = 'BSD (3-clause)'
 DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/nipy/PySurfer'
-VERSION = __version__
+VERSION = version
 
 import setuptools  # we are using a setuptools namespace
 from numpy.distutils.core import setup

surfer/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 from viz import Brain, TimeViewer
 from utils import verbose, set_log_level, set_log_file
 
-from __version__ import __version__
+__version__ = "0.5.dev"
 
 set_log_level()