How can I get the version defined in setup.py (setuptools) in my package?

Question

How could I get the version defined in setup.py from my package (for --version, or other purposes)?

Answer 1

Your question is a little vague, but I think what you are asking is how to specify it.

You need to define __version__ like so:

__version__ = '1.4.4'

And then you can confirm that setup.py knows about the version you just specified:

% ./setup.py --version
1.4.4