Using metadata.py to manage version number and other metadata

metadata.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Version info
+__name__ = 'tableprint'
+__version__ = '0.6.1'
+__license__ = 'MIT'
+
+# Project description(s)
+__description__ = 'Pretty console printing of tabular data'
+__long_description__ = '''Formatted console printing of tabular data.
+                          tableprint lets you easily print formatted tables of data.
+                          Unlike other modules, you can print single rows of data at a time
+                          (useful for printing ongoing computation results).'''
+
+# The project's main homepage.
+__url__ = 'https://github.com/nirum/tableprint'
+
+# Author details
+__author__ = 'Niru Maheswaranathan'
+__author_email__ = 'niru@fastmail.com'

setup.py

@@ -1,28 +1,13 @@
+import re
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+with open('metadata.py', 'r') as f:
+    metadata = dict(re.findall("", f.read()))
+
+
 setup(
-    name='tableprint',
-
-    # Versions should comply with PEP440.  For a discussion on single-sourcing
-    # the version across setup.py and the project code, see
-    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/single_source_version.html
-    version='0.6.1',
-
-    description='Pretty console printing of tabular data',
-    long_description='''Formatted console printing of tabular data.
-                        tableprint lets you easily print formatted tables of data.
-                        Unlike other modules, you can print single rows of data at a time
-                        (useful for printing ongoing computation results).''',
-
-    # The project's main homepage.
-    url='https://github.com/nirum/tableprint',
-
-    # Author details
-    author='Niru Maheswaranathan',
-    author_email='niru@fastmail.com',
-
-    # Choose your license
-    license='MIT',
+    **metadata,
 
     # See https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
     classifiers=[
@@ -44,6 +29,7 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],
 
     # What does your project relate to?

tableprint.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Usage
 >>> tableprint.table(data, headers)
 """
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+from metadata import __version__
 from six import string_types
 from collections import namedtuple
 from numbers import Number
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import numpy as np
 
 __all__ = ('table', 'header', 'row', 'hr', 'top', 'bottom',
            'banner', 'dataframe', 'humantime', 'styles')
-__version__ = '0.5.4'
 
 # set up table styles
 LineStyle = namedtuple('LineStyle', ('begin', 'hline', 'sep', 'end'))