fix

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 include metsrw/resources/*
-include VERSION

metsrw/__init__.py

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
     has_methods,
     is_class
 )
-from .version import __version__
 from . import plugins
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LOGGER.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
+__version__ = '0.2.0'
 
 __all__ = ['MetsError', 'ParseError', 'FSEntry', 'AMDSec', 'SubSection',
            'MDRef', 'MDWrap', 'METSDocument', 'NAMESPACES', 'SCHEMA_LOCATIONS',

setup.py

@@ -5,25 +5,37 @@
 https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject
 """
 
-# Always prefer setuptools over distutils
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-# To use a consistent encoding
-from codecs import open
+import codecs
 from os import path
+import re
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-with open(path.join(here, 'VERSION')) as version_file:
-    version = version_file.read().strip()
+
+def read(*parts):
+    with codecs.open(path.join(here, *parts), 'r') as fp:
+        return fp.read()
+
+
+def find_version(*file_paths):
+    version_file = read(*file_paths)
+    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]",
+                              version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
 
 # Get the long description from the relevant file
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with codecs.open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 
 setup(
     name='metsrw',
-    version=version,
+    version=find_version('metsrw', '__init__.py'),
 
     description='Library for dealing with METS files.',
     long_description=long_description,