Remove irc.client.VERSION*

jaraco · Jul 18, 2020 · 313620f · 313620f · sbraz · Aug 8, 2020
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diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+v19.0.0
+=======
+
+* ``irc.client`` no longer exposes a ``VERSION`` or ``VERSION_STRING``.
+  To get the version, call ``importlib.metadata.version('irc')`` directly.
+
 v18.0.0
 =======
 

diff --git a/irc/client.py b/irc/client.py
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@
 import contextlib
 import warnings
 
-try:
-    from importlib import metadata  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata  # type: ignore
-
 import jaraco.functools
 from jaraco.functools import Throttler
 from jaraco.stream import buffer
@@ -81,14 +76,6 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# set the version tuple
-try:
-    VERSION_STRING = metadata.version('irc')
-    VERSION = tuple(int(res) for res in re.findall(r'\d+', VERSION_STRING))
-except Exception:
-    VERSION_STRING = 'unknown'
-    VERSION = ()
-
 
 class IRCError(Exception):
     "An IRC exception"