Use a __about__.py

pygal/__about__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+__title__ = "pygal"
+__version__ = "2.3.1"
+
+__summary__ = "A python svg graph plotting library"
+__uri__ = "http://pygal.org/"
+__author__ = "Florian Mounier"
+__email__ = "florian.mounier@kozea.fr"
+
+__license__ = "GNU LGPL v3+"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2017 %s" % __author__
+
+__all__ = [
+    '__title__', '__version__', '__summary__', '__uri__', '__author__',
+    '__email__', '__license__', '__copyright__'
+]

pygal/__init__.py

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ This package holds all available charts in pygal, the Config class
 and the maps extensions namespace module.
 
 """
-
+from .__about__ import *  # noqa: F401,F403
-__version__ = '2.3.1'
 
 import pkg_resources
 import sys

setup.cfg

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
 
-[tool:pytest]
+[pytest]
 flake8-ignore =
     *.py E731 E402
     pygal/__init__.py F401

setup.py

@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 # along with pygal. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import os
 import sys
-import re
 
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
 
 
@@ -56,18 +55,19 @@ tests_requirements = [
     'pytest'
 ]
 
-
+about = {}
-with open(os.path.join(ROOT, 'pygal', '__init__.py'), **kwargs) as fd:
+with open(os.path.join(
-    __version__ = re.search("__version__ = '([^']+)'", fd.read()).group(1)
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), "pygal", "__about__.py")) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
 
 setup(
-    name="pygal",
+    name=about['__title__'],
-    version=__version__,
+    version=about['__version__'],
-    description="A python svg graph plotting library",
+    description=about['__summary__'],
-    author="Kozea",
+    url=about['__uri__'],
-    url="http://pygal.org/",
+    author=about['__author__'],
-    author_email="florian.mounier@kozea.fr",
+    author_email=about['__email__'],
-    license="GNU LGPL v3+",
+    license=about['__license__'],
     platforms="Any",
     packages=find_packages(),
     provides=['pygal'],