Packaging: Use versioningit for maintaining the package version

The Debian package builder has been saved to `bin/mkdeb.py` for now. It
needs to be refurbished into a `poethepoet` task subsequently.

DEVELOP.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Development Sandbox
 
-Set up a development sandbox.
+## Setup
 
 Acquire sources and install project in editable mode.
 ```shell
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 pip install --editable '.[graphql,develop,release,test]'
 ```
 
+## Operations
+
 Invoke linter and software tests.
 ```shell
 poe check
@@ -20,3 +22,12 @@ Format code.
 ```shell
 poe format
 ```
+
+
+## Release
+
+```shell
+git tag v2.1.0
+git push --tags
+poe release
+```

bin/mkdeb.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# ruff: noqa: S605, S607
+"""
+Build and publish a .deb package.
+https://pypi.python.org/pypi/stdeb/0.8.5#quickstart-2-just-tell-me-the-fastest-way-to-make-a-deb
+"""
+
+import os
+from shutil import rmtree
+
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+def get_version():
+    import responder
+
+    return responder.__version__
+
+
+def run():
+    version = get_version()
+    try:
+        print("Removing previous builds")
+        rmtree(os.path.join(here, "deb_dist"))
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    print("Creating Debian package manifest")
+    os.system(
+        "python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command sdist_dsc "
+        "-z artful --package3=pipenv --depends3=python3-virtualenv-clone"
+    )
+    print("Building .deb")
+    os.chdir(f"deb_dist/pipenv-{version}")
+    os.system("dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -20,23 +20,11 @@
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "responder"
-copyright = "2018, A Kenneth Reitz project"
+copyright = "2024, A Kenneth Reitz project"
 author = "Kenneth Reitz"
 
 # The short X.Y version
-import os
-
-# Path hackery to get current version number.
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-about = {}
-with open(os.path.join(here, "..", "..", "responder", "__version__.py")) as f:
-    exec(f.read(), about)
-
-version = about["__version__"]
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = about["__version__"]
-
+version = ""
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 requires = [
   "setuptools>=42", # At least v42 of setuptools required.
+  "versioningit",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 90
 
 extend-exclude = [
+  "bin/mkdeb.py",
   "docs/source/conf.py",
   "setup.py",
 ]
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ markers = [
 ]
 xfail_strict = true
 
+[tool.versioningit]
+
 [tool.poe.tasks]
 
 check = [

responder/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
 from . import ext
 from .core import API, Request, Response
 
+try:
+    __version__ = version("responder")
+except PackageNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
+    __version__ = "unknown"
+
 __all__ = [
     "API",
     "Request",
     "Response",
     "ext",
+    "__version__",
 ]

setup.py

@@ -2,21 +2,15 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import codecs
 import os
-import sys
-from shutil import rmtree
 
-from setuptools import Command, find_packages, setup
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+from versioningit import get_cmdclasses
 
 here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = "\n" + f.read()
 
-about = {}
-
-with open(os.path.join(here, "responder", "__version__.py")) as f:
-    exec(f.read(), about)
-
 required = [
     "aiofiles",
     "apispec>=1.0.0b1",
@@ -31,43 +25,8 @@
     "whitenoise",
 ]
 
-
-# https://pypi.python.org/pypi/stdeb/0.8.5#quickstart-2-just-tell-me-the-fastest-way-to-make-a-deb
-class DebCommand(Command):
-    """Support for setup.py deb"""
-
-    description = "Build and publish the .deb package."
-    user_options = []
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def status(s):
-        """Prints things in bold."""
-        print("\033[1m{0}\033[0m".format(s))
-
-    def initialize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def finalize_options(self):
-        pass
-
-    def run(self):
-        try:
-            self.status("Removing previous builds…")
-            rmtree(os.path.join(here, "deb_dist"))
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            pass
-        self.status("Creating debian manifest…")
-        os.system(
-            "python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command sdist_dsc -z artful --package3=pipenv --depends3=python3-virtualenv-clone"
-        )
-        self.status("Building .deb…")
-        os.chdir("deb_dist/pipenv-{0}".format(about["__version__"]))
-        os.system("dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us")
-
-
 setup(
     name="responder",
-    version=about["__version__"],
     description="A familiar HTTP Service Framework for Python.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -103,5 +62,5 @@ def run(self):
         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
         "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
     ],
-    cmdclass={"deb": DebCommand},
+    cmdclass=get_cmdclasses(),
 )