Use importlib to retrieve package version

qiling/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+import importlib.metadata
 from .core import Qiling
-from .__version__ import __version__
+
+try:
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__package__ or __name__)
+except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
 
 __all__ = ['Qiling']

qiling/__version__.py

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: use "-dev" for dev branch
-#__version__ = "1.4.3"
-__version__ = "1.4.3" + "-dev"

setup.py

@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@
 #
 # Python setup for Qiling framework
 
-import sys, os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-gb = {}
-with open(os.path.join(here, "qiling", "__version__.py"), "r+") as f:
-    exec(f.read(), gb)
-
-VERSION = gb['__version__']
+# NOTE: use "-dev" for dev branch
+VERSION = "1.4.3" + "-dev"
 
 requirements = [
     "capstone>=4.0.1",