# get the notmuch version number without importing the notmuch module
version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
'notmuch', 'version.py')
-execfile(version_file)
+exec(compile(open(version_file).read(), version_file, 'exec'))
assert __VERSION__, 'Failed to read the notmuch binding version number'
setup(name='notmuch',