Remove __version__. Closes python#100.

Author: jaraco

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
  importlib_resources NEWS
 ==========================
 
-v2.0.2
+v3.0.0
 ======
 
+* Package no longer exposes ``importlib_resources.__version__``.
+  Users that wish to inspect the version of ``importlib_resources``
+  should instead invoke ``.version('importlib_resources')`` from
+  ``importlib-metadata`` (
+  `stdlib <https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html>`_
+  or `backport <https://pypi.org/project/importlib-metadata>`_)
+  directly. This change eliminates the dependency on
+  ``importlib_metadata``. Closes #100.
 * Package now always includes its data. Closes #93.
 * Declare hidden imports for PyInstaller. Closes #101.
 

importlib_resources/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from ._compat import metadata
 from ._common import (
     as_file, files,
     )
@@ -52,6 +51,3 @@
         read_text,
         )
     del __all__[:3]
-
-
-__version__ = metadata.version('importlib_resources')

importlib_resources/_compat.py

@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ class ABC(object):                                          # type: ignore
     FileNotFoundError = OSError                                 # type: ignore
 
 
-try:
-    from importlib import metadata
-except ImportError:
-    import importlib_metadata as metadata  # type: ignore
-
-
 try:
     from zipfile import Path as ZipPath  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:

setup.cfg

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ install_requires =
     typing; python_version < '3.5'
     zipp >= 0.4; python_version < '3.8'
     singledispatch; python_version < '3.4'
-    importlib_metadata; python_version < '3.8'
     contextlib2; python_version < '3'
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm[toml] >= 3.4.1