Modernize packaging

.github/workflows/gh-ci.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Setup python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4

.gitignore

@@ -163,3 +163,5 @@ cython_debug/
 # vim
 *.swp
 
+# authors file
+MDAnalysisData/authors.py

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ build:
 # install the repo
 python:
   install:
-  - method: setuptools
+  - method: pip
     path: .
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+## Changes
+- Update packaging to be PEP518 compliant.
+
 ## [0.9.0] - 2023-10-30
 
 ### Changes

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-include versioneer.py
-include MDAnalysisData/_version.py
 include README.md AUTHORS LICENSE CHANGELOG.md

MDAnalysisData/__init__.py

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 
 from . import datasets
 
-from . import _version
-__version__ = _version.get_versions()['version']
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+__version__ = version("MDAnalysisData")
+
 
 try:
     from .authors import __authors__