About file

.coveragerc

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 branch = False
 omit =
     src/trendlines/__init__.py
+    src/trendlines/__about__.py
     src/trendlines/_logging.py
     src/trendlines/default_config.py

setup.py

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+
+# Read the `__about__.py` file. This is how `cryptography` does it. Seems
+# like a decent way, but I don't really like the `exec()`. /shrug.
+about = {}
+about_file = Path.cwd() / "src" / "trendlines" / "__about__.py"
+with open(str(about_file)) as openf:
+    exec(openf.read(), about)
+
 long_descr = Path("./README.md").read_text()
 
 requires = [
@@ -10,17 +18,21 @@
 ]
 
 setup(
-    name="trendlines",
-    version="0.3.0",
-    description="Lightweight time-series recording.",
+    name=about["__package_name__"],
+    version=about['__version__'],
+
+    description=about['__description__'],
     long_description=long_descr,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    url="https://github.com/dougthor42/trendlines",
-    author="Douglas Thor",
-    author_email="doug.thor@gmail.com",
+    url=about['__project_url__'],
+
+    author=about['__author__'],
+    author_email=about['__email__'],
+
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     packages=find_packages(where='src'),
     include_package_data=False,
+
     python_requires=">=3.5",
     install_requires=requires,
 )

src/trendlines/__about__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+__author__ = "Douglas Thor"
+__email__ = "doug.thor@gmail.com"
+__license__ = "GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)"
+__created__ = "2018-12-19"
+
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__released__ = "2019-02-26"
+
+__project_name__ = "Trendlines"
+__package_name__ = "trendlines"
+
+__project_url__ = "https://github.com/dougthor42/trendlines"
+__description__ = "Lightweight time-series recording."