move read version (#294)

Author: KazuCocoa

appium/common/helper.py

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import io
+import os
+
 
 def appium_bytes(value, encoding):
     """
@@ -31,3 +34,16 @@ def appium_bytes(value, encoding):
         return bytes(value, encoding)  # Python 3
     except TypeError:
         return value  # Python 2
+
+
+def library_version():
+    """
+    Return a version of this python library
+    """
+
+    global_param = {}
+    exec(
+        io.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname('__file__'), 'appium', 'version.py'), encoding='utf-8').read(),
+        global_param
+    )
+    return global_param['version']

script/helper.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-from helper import read_version
+from appium.common.helper import library_version
 
 VERSION_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname('__file__'), 'appium', 'version.py')
 CHANGELOG_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname('__file__'), 'CHANGELOG.rst')
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 
 def get_current_version():
-    current = read_version()
+    current = library_version()
     print('The current version is {}, type a new one'.format(MESSAGE_YELLOW.format(current)))
     return current
 

script/release.py

@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import setup
-
-from script.helper import read_version
-
+from appium.common.helper import library_version
 
 setup(
     name='Appium-Python-Client',
-    version=read_version(),
+    version=library_version(),
     description='Python client for Appium',
     long_description=io.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname('__file__'), 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8').read(),
     keywords=[