python: update the long description in setup.py

[obsolete/notmuch-old] / bindings / python / setup.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 16de76aad80cdba1c6df977cb7b6a1709b7c69e0..97c284fc2e431c516cc932ce2f94f1c880791eb5 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import os
-import re
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-def get_version():
-    file = open('notmuch/__init__.py')
-    try:
-        for line in file:
-            if re.match('__VERSION__\s*=\s*',line) != None:
-                version = line.split('=', 1)[1]
-                return eval(version, {}, {})
-    finally:
-        file.close()
-    raise IOError('Unexpected end-of-file')
-
-__VERSION__=get_version()
+# get the notmuch version number without importing the notmuch module
+version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                            'notmuch', 'version.py')
+exec(compile(open(version_file).read(), version_file, 'exec'))
+assert '__VERSION__' in globals(), \
+    'Failed to read the notmuch binding version number'
 
 setup(name='notmuch',
       version=__VERSION__,
@@ -27,28 +20,16 @@ setup(name='notmuch',
       packages=['notmuch'],
       keywords = ["library", "email"],
       long_description="""Overview
-==============
-
-The notmuch  module provides an interface to the `notmuch <http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing with a shared notmuch library. Notmuch provides a maildatabase that allows for extremely quick searching and filtering of your email according to various criteria.
-
-The documentation for the latest cnotmuch release can be `viewed online <http://packages.python.org/notmuch>`_.
-
-The classes notmuch.Database, notmuch.Query  provide most of the core functionality, returning notmuch.Messages and notmuch.Tags.
-
-Installation and Deinstallation
--------------------------------
-
-notmuch is included in the upstream notmuch source repository and it is
-packaged on http://pypi.python.org. This means you can do "easy_install
-notmuch" (or using pip) on your linux box and it will get installed
-into:
+========
 
-/usr/local/lib/python2.x/dist-packages/
+The notmuch module provides an interface to the `notmuch
+<http://notmuchmail.org>`_ functionality, directly interfacing with a
+shared notmuch library. Notmuch provides a maildatabase that allows
+for extremely quick searching and filtering of your email according to
+various criteria.
 
-For uninstalling, you will need to remove the "notmuch-0.x-py2.x.egg"
-directory and delete one entry refering to cnotmuch in the
-"easy-install.pth" file in that directory. There should be no trace
-left of cnotmuch then.
+The documentation for the latest notmuch release can be `viewed
+online <http://notmuch.readthedocs.org/>`_.
 
 Requirements
 ------------