try version fix (#191)

Author: Tieqiong

Diff for: src/diffpy/pdfgui/version.py

@@ -13,41 +13,13 @@
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-"""
-Definition of __version__, __date__, __timestamp__, __git_commit__.
+"""Definition of __version__ and __date__."""
 
-Notes
------
-Variable `__gitsha__` is deprecated as of version 1.2.
-Use `__git_commit__` instead.
-"""
+import os
+import time
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, version
 
-__all__ = ["__date__", "__git_commit__", "__timestamp__", "__version__"]
-
-import os.path
-from importlib.resources import files
-
-# obtain version information from the version.cfg file
-cp = dict(version="", date="", commit="", timestamp="0")
-fcfg = str(files(__name__).joinpath("version.cfg"))
-if not os.path.isfile(fcfg):  # pragma: no cover
-    from warnings import warn
-
-    warn("Package metadata not found.")
-    fcfg = os.devnull
-with open(fcfg) as fp:
-    kwords = [[w.strip() for w in line.split(" = ", 1)] for line in fp if line[:1].isalpha() and " = " in line]
-assert all(w[0] in cp for w in kwords), "received unrecognized keyword"
-cp.update(kwords)
-
-__version__ = cp["version"]
-__date__ = cp["date"]
-__git_commit__ = cp["commit"]
-__timestamp__ = int(cp["timestamp"])
-
-# TODO remove deprecated __gitsha__ in version 1.3.
-__gitsha__ = __git_commit__
-
-del cp, fcfg, fp, kwords
+__date__ = time.ctime(os.path.getctime(distribution("diffpy.pdfgui")._path))
+__version__ = version("diffpy.pdfgui")
 
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