testfixtures.__version__ doesn't exist

[asqui]

Is there any other easy way to see what version of the package you are using?

Should we add __version__ to __init__.py, as is typically done for other packages?

[cjw296]

I what context are you looking to find the version?

$ python setup.py --version
6.3.0

That's the standard way, AFAIK.

[cjw296]

Also python-poetry/poetry#144 (comment)

[asqui]

The context is I've got the module imported and want an easy way to double-check what version I'm running.

For example: https://github.com/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/blob/576b33d46a9418424e94926bf9f02bdad3fc593f/lib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py#L133

[cjw296]

Why do you want to check the module at import time? There's a version.txt inside the module you could look at, but I'm likely to switch testfixtures to poetry at some stage, in which case that file will go away..

[cjw296]

No followup in a couple of weeks, so let's close until python-poetry/poetry#144 takes care of this.

[fabiencelier]

Hello @cjw296

According to PEP 396 it is a good practice to include the version of your package in a __version__ variable.

This is useful if you want to check the module version at import time, for instance because different version have different API so you will do different calls.

Also there should be a single source of truth for both __version__ and the version in setup.py, here it can be your "version.txt" which is perfect for that.

I'd be happy to make you a PR if you want !

[cjw296]

Sure, PR welcome :-)