python: Updated development status and wording in setup.py

[notmuch] / bindings / python / setup.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index e4a3a251b260036e0d496661e6fe02238eed096d..16de76aad80cdba1c6df977cb7b6a1709b7c69e0 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import os
+import re
 from distutils.core import setup
-from notmuch import __VERSION__
+
+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()
+
 setup(name='notmuch',
       version=__VERSION__,
       description='Python binding of the notmuch mail search and indexing library.',
@@ -38,12 +53,11 @@ 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',