defaulting to 99.99.99 when not installed

Author: chayim

redis/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import sys
-if sys.version_info >= (3,8):
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from importlib import metadata
 else:
     import importlib_metadata as metadata
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = metadata.version('redis')
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version("redis")
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "99.99.99"
 
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))

setup.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-import redis
-
 setup(
     name="redis",
     description="Python client for Redis database and key-value store",