Drop automatic versioning

setup.py

@@ -5,48 +5,16 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 from io import open  # Python 2
 from os import path
-from subprocess import check_output
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-# Get the long description from the relevant file
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 
-def update_version():
-    try:
-        toks = check_output('git describe --tags --long --dirty',
-                            universal_newlines=True,
-                            shell=True).strip().split('-')
-        version = toks[0].strip('v') + '.' + toks[1]
-        last = check_output('git log -n 1',
-                            universal_newlines=True,
-                            shell=True)
-        date = re.search(r'^Date:\s+([^\s].*)$', last, re.MULTILINE).group(1)
-        commit = re.search(r'^commit\s+([^\s]{40})', last,
-                           re.MULTILINE).group(1)
-    except Exception as e:
-        version = '0.0.0'
-        date = 'unknown'
-        commit = 'unknown'
-        print('Cannot update version {}'.format(str(e)), file=sys.stderr)
-
-    with open(path.join('zernike', 'version.py'), 'w', newline='\n') as f:
-        f.write('#!/usr/bin/env python\n')
-        f.write('# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n\n')
-        f.write("__version__ = '{}'\n".format(version))
-        f.write("__date__ = '{}'\n".format(date))
-        f.write("__commit__ = '{}'".format(commit))
-
-
-update_version()
-
-
 def lookup_version():
     with open(os.path.join('zernike', 'version.py'), 'r') as f:
         m = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", f.read(), re.M)

zernike/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-# Copyright 2021 Jacopo Antonello
+# Copyright 2024 Jacopo Antonello
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,18 +40,12 @@
 __status__ = 'Production'
 __version__ = version.__version__
 __date__ = version.__date__
-__commit__ = version.__commit__
-__doc__ = """
+__doc__ = f"""
 Python code for Zernike polynomials.
 
-date:    {}
-version: {}
-commit:  {}
-""".format(
-    __date__,
-    __version__,
-    __commit__,
-)
+date:    {__date__}
+version: {__version__}
+"""
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
 
 HDF5_options = {