python: Simplify setup.py

We were using a template setup.py which parsed __init__.py in complex
ways just to find out the version number. Simply import notmuch and use
__VERSION__ directly. Also adapt some wording and setup.py values while
going through.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 1497bc43..19b65584 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -2,28 +2,19 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 from distutils.core import setup
-
-def get_version():
-    file = open('notmuch/__init__.py')
-    try:
-        for line in file:
-            if re.match('__VERSION__\s*=\s*',line) != None:
-                version = line.split('=', 1)[1]
-                return eval(version, {}, {})
-    finally:
-        file.close()
-    raise IOError('Unexpected end-of-file')
-
-__VERSION__=get_version()
+dirname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) # Package's main folder
+sys.path.insert(0, dirname)
+import notmuch
 
 setup(name='notmuch',
-      version=__VERSION__,
+      version=notmuch.__VERSION__,
       description='Python binding of the notmuch mail search and indexing library.',
       author='Sebastian Spaeth',
       author_email='Sebastian@SSpaeth.de',
       url='http://notmuchmail.org/',
-      download_url='http://notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-'+__VERSION__+'.tar.gz',
+      download_url='http://notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-'+ notmuch.__VERSION__+'.tar.gz',
       packages=['notmuch'],
       keywords = ["library", "email"],
       long_description="""Overview
@@ -53,12 +44,11 @@ left of cnotmuch then.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-You need to have notmuch installed (or rather libnotmuch.so.1). The
-release version 0.3 should work fine. Also, notmuch makes use of the
-ctypes library, and has only been tested with python 2.5. It will not
-work on earlier python versions.
+You need to have notmuch installed (or rather libnotmuch.so.1). Also,
+notmuch makes use of the ctypes library, and has only been tested with
+python >= 2.5. It will not work on earlier python versions.
 """,
-      classifiers=['Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
+      classifiers=['Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
                    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
                    'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
                    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',