Fix versioning.

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include MANIFEST.in
-include VERSION
+include rdata/VERSION
 include LICENSE
 include rdata/py.typed
 include *.txt

rdata/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"""rdata: Read R datasets from Python."""
+import errno as _errno
 import os as _os
 import pathlib as _pathlib
 
@@ -13,3 +15,15 @@ def _get_test_data_path() -> _pathlib.Path:
 Path of the test data.
 
 """
+
+try:
+    with open(
+        _pathlib.Path(_os.path.dirname(__file__)) / 'VERSION',
+        'r',
+    ) as version_file:
+        __version__ = version_file.read().strip()
+except IOError as e:
+    if e.errno != _errno.ENOENT:
+        raise
+
+    __version__ = "0.0"

setup.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 language or its libraries, and thus it is released under a MIT license.
 """
 import os
+import pathlib
 import sys
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
@@ -16,44 +17,51 @@
 
 DOCLINES = (__doc__ or '').split("\n")
 
-with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                       'VERSION'), 'r') as version_file:
+with open(
+    pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(__file__)) / 'rdata' / 'VERSION',
+    'r',
+) as version_file:
     version = version_file.read().strip()
 
-setup(name='rdata',
-      version=version,
-      description=DOCLINES[1],
-      long_description="\n".join(DOCLINES[3:]),
-      url='https://github.com/vnmabus/rdata',
-      author='Carlos Ramos Carreño',
-      author_email='[email protected]',
-      include_package_data=True,
-      platforms=['any'],
-      license='MIT',
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      python_requires='>=3.7, <4',
-      classifiers=[
-          'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-          'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-          'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-          'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-          'Natural Language :: English',
-          'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-          'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-          'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
-          'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-          'Typing :: Typed',
-      ],
-      keywords=['rdata', 'r', 'dataset'],
-      install_requires=['numpy',
-                        'xarray',
-                        'pandas'],
-      setup_requires=pytest_runner,
-      tests_require=['pytest-cov',
-                     'numpy>=1.14'  # The printing format for numpy changes
-                     ],
-      test_suite='rdata.tests',
-      zip_safe=False)
+setup(
+    name='rdata',
+    version=version,
+    description=DOCLINES[1],
+    long_description="\n".join(DOCLINES[3:]),
+    url='https://github.com/vnmabus/rdata',
+    author='Carlos Ramos Carreño',
+    author_email='[email protected]',
+    include_package_data=True,
+    platforms=['any'],
+    license='MIT',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    python_requires='>=3.7, <4',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+        'Typing :: Typed',
+    ],
+    keywords=['rdata', 'r', 'dataset'],
+    install_requires=[
+        'numpy',
+        'xarray',
+        'pandas',
+    ],
+    setup_requires=pytest_runner,
+    tests_require=[
+        'pytest-cov',
+        'numpy>=1.14',  # The printing format for numpy changes
+    ],
+    test_suite='rdata.tests',
+    zip_safe=False,
+)