Load version from the file rather than by importing the module (which is subject to variance based on sys.path). Fixes #43.

Author: jaraco

CHANGES.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+-----
+0.9.4
+-----
+
+* Issue #43: Fix issue (introduced in 0.9.1) with version resolution when
+  upgrading over other releases of Setuptools.
+
 -----
 0.9.3
 -----

setup.py

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 
 SETUP_COMMANDS = command_ns['__all__']
 
+main_ns = {}
+init_path = convert_path('setuptools/__init__.py')
+init_file = open(init_path)
+exec(init_file.read(), main_ns)
+init_file.close()
+
 import setuptools
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py
 from setuptools.command.test import test as _test
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="setuptools",
-    version=setuptools.__version__,
+    version=main_ns['__version__'],
     description="Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall "
                 "Python packages",
     author="The fellowship of the packaging",