when packing pdm the version given at the stdout is not the same as the one given when doing --version

[franzhaas]

I can see the version of pdm used listed on stdout when creating the zipapp, but when running the zip app with --version, I get a different version.

To Reproduce
git checkout 2.3.3
pdm add pdm-packer
pdm pack
---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------
...
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z] v Install pdm 2.3.3+d20221215 successful
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z]
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z] All complete!
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z]
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z] Packages are prepared at xx
[2022-12-15T20:38:56.771Z] Creating zipapp...
[2022-12-15T20:38:57.026Z] Zipapp is generated at pdm.pyz
[2022-12-15T20:38:57.586Z] pdm.pyz --version
[2022-12-15T20:38:58.947Z] PDM, version 0.0.0+local
---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------

I would have expected the version to be 2.3.3+d20221215, or 2.3.3 but not 0.0.0+local

Is this expected? What would I need to do to get the version to be 2.3.3+packedbymyorgnamehere?

Thanks in advance,
Franz

[frostming]

Yes, when being packed in a zipapp, the version string can't be determined, because PDM doesn't write the version in a static file.

[franzhaas]

Ok, if pdm doesnt do it, as far as I can tell a horrible hack would be to write the version of choice into

src/pdm/verison.py

Any recommendation how to do this properly? Would it make more sense to do this as a pdm plugin? or integrate it into pdm-packer?

[frostming]

No, it was resolved upstream: pdm-project/pdm@a6871d2