Remove __version__ attribute.

Author: jaraco

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+v5.0.0
+======
+
+* Module no longer exposes a ``__version__`` attribute. Instead
+  to query the version installed, use
+  `importlib.metadata <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html>`_
+  or `its backport <https://pypi.org/project/importlib_metadata>`_
+  to query::
+
+    importlib.metadata.version('inflect')
+
 v4.1.1
 ======
 

inflect.py

@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
 
-try:
-    from importlib import metadata  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata  # type: ignore
-
-
 class UnknownClassicalModeError(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -87,12 +81,6 @@ class BadGenderError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-try:
-    __version__ = metadata.version("inflect")  # type: ignore
-except Exception:
-    __version__ = "unknown"
-
-
 STDOUT_ON = False
 
 

setup.cfg

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ include_package_data = true
 py_modules = inflect
 python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
-    importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.8"
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm[toml] >= 3.4.1
 keywords = plural inflect participle