figure out webtest version in docs more gently

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b223d48..c15bb90 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ copyright = '2012, Ian Bicking'
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.1'
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.1'
+import pkg_resources
+version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(project).version
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -241,18 +239,6 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 # How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
 #texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
 
-from os import path
-pkg_dir = path.abspath(__file__).split('/docs')[0]
-setup = path.join(pkg_dir, 'setup.py')
-if path.isfile(setup):
-    for line_ in open(setup):
-        if line_.startswith("version"):
-            version = line_.split('=')[-1]
-            version = version.strip()
-            version = version.strip("'\"")
-            release = version
-            break
-del pkg_dir, setup, path
 
 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
 if on_rtd: