Merge branch 'use_pyproject_toml'

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 Brian2GeNN
 ==========
+Brian2GeNN is an interface between Brian 2 and GeNN. Brian2 is a simulator for spiking neural networks available on a variety of platforms. It is the successor of Brian1 and shares its approach of being highly flexible and easily extensible. It is based on a code generation framework that allows to execute simulations using other programming languages and/or on different
+devices. 
 
-Brian 2 frontend to the GeNN simulator
+GeNN (GPU enhanced Neuronal Networks, https://github.com/genn-team/genn) is a framework that uses code generation methods to allow using GPU accelerators without in-depth knowledge of the CUDA programming interface.
+
+Brian2Genn provides an interface to use GeNN as a backend device in Brian2. This allows users to run their Brian 2 scripts on NVIDIA GPU accelerators without any further necessary programming.
+
+We currently consider this software to be in the beta status, please report
+issues to the github issue tracker (https://github.com/brian-team/brian2genn/issues).
+
+Documentation for Brian2GeNN can be found at http://brian2genn.readthedocs.org
 
 [![PyPI package](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/Brian2GeNN.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Brian2)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/brian2genn/badge/?version=stable)](https://brian2genn.readthedocs.io/en/stable/?badge=stable)

brian2genn/__init__.py

@@ -8,19 +8,27 @@
 import brian2genn.binomial
 
 
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
-except DistributionNotFound:
-    # Apparently we are running directly from a git clone, let
-    # setuptools_scm fetch the version from git
+    from ._version import __version__, __version_tuple__
+except ImportError:
     try:
         from setuptools_scm import get_version
-        __version__ = get_version(relative_to=os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+        __version__ = get_version(
+            root="..",
+            relative_to=__file__,
+            version_scheme="post-release",
+            local_scheme="no-local-version",
+        )
+        __version_tuple__ = tuple(int(x) if x.isdigit() else x
+                                  for x in __version__.split("."))
     except ImportError:
-        warnings.warn('Cannot determine brian2genn version (running directly '
-                      'from source code and no setuptools_scm package '
-                      'available).')
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Cannot determine Brian version, running from source and "
+            "setuptools_scm is not installed."
+        )
+        __version__ = "unknown"
+        __version_tuple__ = (0, 0, 0)
 
 
 def example_run(debug=False, **build_options):

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+[project]
+name = "Brian2GeNN"
+authors = [
+    {name = 'Thomas Nowotny'},
+    {name = 'Marcel Stimberg'},
+    {name = 'Dan Goodman'},
+]
+requires-python = '>=3.9'
+dependencies = [
+    'brian2>=2.5.0.2,<2.6',
+    'setuptools>=61'
+]
+dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
+description = 'An interface to use the GeNN framework as a device in Brian 2'
+classifiers = [
+    'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+    'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+    'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)',
+    'Natural Language :: English',
+    'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+    'Programming Language :: Python',
+    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+    'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics'
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = ['pytest', 'pytest-xdist>=1.22.3']
+docs = ['sphinx>=1.0.1', 'sphinxcontrib-issuetracker']
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation ='https://brian2genn.readthedocs.io/'
+Source = 'https://github.com/brian-team/brian2genn'
+Tracker = 'https://github.com/brian-team/brian2genn/issues'
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+zip-safe = false
+packages = ['brian2genn']
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+readme = {file = 'README.md', content-type = "text/markdown"}
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = 'post-release'
+local_scheme = 'no-local-version'
+write_to = 'brian2genn/_version.py'
+tag_regex = '^(?P<version>\d+(?:\.\d+){0,2}[^\+]*(?:\+.*)?)$'
+fallback_version = 'unknown'
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=61",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"