Replace usage of pkg_resources API

Try to use importlib from python > 3.8: https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html#module-importlib.metadata Otherwise use the installed backport package: https://pypi.org/project/importlib-metadata/ Fix for mdshw5#212
eroller · Sep 22, 2023 · 199000d · 199000d
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commit 199000d
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pyfaidx/__init__.py b/pyfaidx/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
 from os.path import getmtime
 from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 from threading import Lock
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+
+try:
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+except ImportError: #python < 3.8
+    from importlib_metadata import version
 
 from six import PY2, PY3, integer_types, string_types
 from six.moves import zip_longest
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     fsspec = None
 
-__version__ = get_distribution("pyfaidx").version
+__version__ = version("pyfaidx")
 
 if sys.version_info > (3, ):
     buffer = memoryview