setup.py

import os

from setuptools import setup

def get_version():
    """Get the version info from the mpld3 package without importing it"""
    import ast

    with open(os.path.join("peddy", "__init__.py"), "r") as init_file:
        module = ast.parse(init_file.read())

    version = (ast.literal_eval(node.value) for node in ast.walk(module)
             if isinstance(node, ast.Assign)
             and node.targets[0].id == "__version__")
    try:
        return next(version)
    except StopIteration:
        raise ValueError("version could not be located")

setup(version=get_version(),
      name='peddy',
      description="pleasingly pythonic pedigree manipulation",
      packages=['peddy', 'peddy.tests'],
      long_description=open('README.md').read(),
      author="Brent Pedersen",
      author_email="bpederse@gmail.com",
      zip_safe=False,
      test_suite='nose.collector',
      include_package_data=True,
      tests_require='nose',
      classifiers=[
              'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
              'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
              'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
              'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics'])