build(setup.py): remove dependency on package to run setup.py

Author: antwhite

pottery/__init__.py

@@ -23,23 +23,25 @@
 been battle tested in production at scale.
 '''
 
-
+import importlib.metadata
 from typing import Tuple
 
 # TODO: When we drop support for Python 3.7, change the following import to:
 #   from typing import Final
 from typing_extensions import Final
 
 
-__title__: Final[str] = 'pottery'
-__version__: Final[str] = '3.0.0'
-__description__: Final[str] = __doc__.split(sep='\n\n', maxsplit=1)[0]
-__url__: Final[str] = 'https://github.com/brainix/pottery'
-__author__: Final[str] = 'Rajiv Bakulesh Shah'
-__author_email__: Final[str] = 'brainix@gmail.com'
-__license__: Final[str] = 'Apache 2.0'
-__keywords__: Final[str] = 'Redis client persistent storage'
-__copyright__: Final[str] = f'Copyright © 2015-2022, {__author__}, original author.'
+metadata = importlib.metadata.metadata('pottery')
+
+__title__: Final[str]  = metadata['Name']
+__version__: Final[str]  = metadata['Version']
+__description__: Final[str]  = metadata['Summary']
+__url__: Final[str]  = metadata['Home-page']
+__author__: Final[str]  = metadata['Author']
+__author_email__: Final[str]  = metadata['Author-email']
+__license__: Final[str]  = metadata['License']
+__keywords__: Final[str]  = metadata['Keywords']
+__copyright__: Final[str] = metadata['Copyright']
 
 
 from .monkey import PotteryEncoder  # isort: skip

setup.py

@@ -21,23 +21,31 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 
-import pottery
-
 
 _package_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 _long_description = (_package_dir / 'README.md').read_text()
 
 
+__title__: Final[str] = 'pottery'
+__version__: Final[str] = '3.0.1rc1'
+__description__: Final[str] = 'Redis for Humans.'
+__url__: Final[str] = 'https://github.com/brainix/pottery'
+__author__: Final[str] = 'Rajiv Bakulesh Shah'
+__author_email__: Final[str] = 'brainix@gmail.com'
+__license__: Final[str] = 'Apache 2.0'
+__keywords__: Final[str] = 'Redis client persistent storage'
+__copyright__: Final[str] = f'Copyright © 2015-2022, {__author__}, original author.'
+
 setup(
-    name=pottery.__name__,
-    version=pottery.__version__,
-    description=pottery.__description__,
+    name=__title__,
+    version=__version__,
+    description=__description__,
     long_description=_long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url=pottery.__url__,
-    author=pottery.__author__,
-    author_email=pottery.__author_email__,
-    license=pottery.__license__,
+    url=__url__,
+    author= "Rajiv Bakulesh Shah",
+    author_email=__author_email__,
+    license=__license__,
     classifiers=[
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
@@ -55,7 +63,7 @@
         'Framework :: AsyncIO',
         'Typing :: Typed',
     ],
-    keywords=pottery.__keywords__,
+    keywords=__keywords__,
     python_requires='>=3.9, <4',
     install_requires=('redis>=4.2.0rc1', 'mmh3', 'typing_extensions'),
     extras_require={},