X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bindings%2Fpython%2Fsetup.py;h=97c284fc2e431c516cc932ce2f94f1c880791eb5;hb=3ff39766d460446a1cd1f6731511baca9584ffa2;hp=19b65584e427385f4f4b172cb26c0e5bd2ba6712;hpb=d143757a54bb3b45b693dbe2414420ebdd0049a7;p=notmuch

diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 19b65584..97c284fc 100644
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -1,45 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import os
-import re
-import sys
 from distutils.core import setup
-dirname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) # Package's main folder
-sys.path.insert(0, dirname)
-import notmuch
+
+# get the notmuch version number without importing the notmuch module
+version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                            'notmuch', 'version.py')
+exec(compile(open(version_file).read(), version_file, 'exec'))
+assert '__VERSION__' in globals(), \
+    'Failed to read the notmuch binding version number'
 
 setup(name='notmuch',
-      version=notmuch.__VERSION__,
+      version=__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-'+ notmuch.__VERSION__+'.tar.gz',
+      download_url='http://notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-'+__VERSION__+'.tar.gz',
       packages=['notmuch'],
       keywords = ["library", "email"],
       long_description="""Overview
-==============
-
-The notmuch  module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing with a shared notmuch library. Notmuch provides a maildatabase that allows for extremely quick searching and filtering of your email according to various criteria.
-
-The documentation for the latest cnotmuch release can be `viewed online <http://packages.python.org/notmuch>`_.
-
-The classes notmuch.Database, notmuch.Query  provide most of the core functionality, returning notmuch.Messages and notmuch.Tags.
-
-Installation and Deinstallation
--------------------------------
-
-notmuch is included in the upstream notmuch source repository and it is
-packaged on http://pypi.python.org. This means you can do "easy_install
-notmuch" (or using pip) on your linux box and it will get installed
-into:
+========
 
-/usr/local/lib/python2.x/dist-packages/
+The notmuch module provides an interface to the `notmuch
+<http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing with a
+shared notmuch library. Notmuch provides a maildatabase that allows
+for extremely quick searching and filtering of your email according to
+various criteria.
 
-For uninstalling, you will need to remove the "notmuch-0.x-py2.x.egg"
-directory and delete one entry refering to cnotmuch in the
-"easy-install.pth" file in that directory. There should be no trace
-left of cnotmuch then.
+The documentation for the latest notmuch release can be `viewed
+online <http://notmuch.readthedocs.org/>`_.
 
 Requirements
 ------------