refactor: Use importlib.metadata to define version, support Python 3.12 #68
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We previously made use of the
pkg_resources
module to determine the package version (as defined bysetuptools-scm
) in__about__.py
. This module is included insetuptools
, which as of Python 3.12 has been removed from the standard library and is now its own third-party package.There are multiple ways to address this, one being to include
setuptools
in theinstall_requires
list for Python 3.12 and later. Another, also listed in the Python Packaging User Guide, is to instead useimportlib.metadata.version
. Since this approach works for all Python versions we intend to support (that is, from 3.8 forward), this is the better solution.Thus, refactor
__about__.py
to useimportlib
, and add Python 3.12 to the test matrix.Reference:
https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/single-sourcing-package-version/