Merge pull request #387 from pllim/verinfo

EXP: Add helpers version in version.py

astropy_helpers/version_helpers.py

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ def _version_split(version):
 timestamp = {timestamp!r}
 debug = {debug}
 
+astropy_helpers_version = "{ahver}"
+
 try:
     from ._compiler import compiler
 except ImportError:
@@ -142,6 +144,11 @@ def _version_split(version):
 
 def _get_version_py_str(packagename, version, githash, release, debug,
                         uses_git=True):
+    try:
+        from astropy_helpers import __version__ as ahver
+    except ImportError:
+        ahver = "unknown"
+
     epoch = int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time()))
     timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(epoch)
     major, minor, bugfix = _version_split(version)
@@ -172,6 +179,7 @@ def _get_version_py_str(packagename, version, githash, release, debug,
                                               major=major,
                                               minor=minor,
                                               bugfix=bugfix,
+                                              ahver=ahver,
                                               rel=release, debug=debug)