Bring __version__ retrieval up to date. NFCI

Because `importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError` inherits from
`ImportError`, the code did not previously work in the way that was
stated in the comment. We should probably deprecate `__version__`
entirely at some point.

Author: whitequark

amaranth/__init__.py

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+# Extract version for this package from the environment package metadata. This used to be a lot
+# more difficult in earlier Python versions, and the `__version__` field is a legacy of that time.
+import importlib.metadata
 try:
-    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
-    __version__ = importlib_metadata.version(__package__)
-    del importlib_metadata
-except ImportError:
-    # No importlib_metadata. This shouldn't normally happen, but some people prefer not installing
-    # packages via pip at all, instead using PYTHONPATH directly or copying the package files into
-    # `lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`. Although not a recommended way, we still try to support it.
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__)
+except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    # No importlib metadata for this package. This shouldn't normally happen, but some people
+    # prefer not installing packages via pip at all. Although not recommended we still support it.
     __version__ = "unknown" # :nocov:
+del importlib
 
 
 from .hdl import *