Merge pull request #331 from josharian/theano-version-refactor

.gitignore

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ html
 pdf
 pull.sh
 setuptools-*.egg
-theano/version.py
-theano/version.py.out
+theano/generated_version.py
+theano/generated_version.py.out
 distribute-*.egg
 distribute-*.tar.gz
 Theano.suo

setup.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def git_version():
         git_revision = "unknown-git"
     return git_revision
 
-def write_version_py(filename='theano/version.py'):
+def write_version_py(filename='theano/generated_version.py'):
     cnt = """
 # THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM THEANO SETUP.PY
 short_version = '%(version)s'

theano/__init__.py

@@ -42,13 +42,8 @@ import configparser, configdefaults
 config = configparser.TheanoConfigParser()
 
 # Version information.
-# Note that the version must be defined before imports below as it is used by
-# some of these imports.
-try:
-    import theano.version
-    __version__ = theano.version.version
-except ImportError:
-    __version__ = "unknown"
+import theano.version
+__version__ = theano.version.version
 
 import gof
 

theano/version.py

+try:
+    from theano.generated_version import *
+except ImportError:
+    short_version = 'unknown'
+    version = 'unknown'
+    git_revision = 'unknown'
+    full_version = 'unknown'
+    release = False