Change how we retrieve the current version. Add comment to release wo…

…rkflow

.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml

@@ -84,4 +84,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        run: python3 -m twine upload dist/*
+        run: python3 -m twine upload dist/*
+
+# See documentation on accesing the tag from the release
+# Look for 'github.ref' and 'github.ref_name' in https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts 
+# On October, 2023 it says "For workflows triggered by release, this is the release tag created"
+# So 'github.ref_name' should be the version number of the release we're making.

bambi/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from pymc import math
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from .priors import Prior
 from . import interpret
 
-__version__ = get_distribution("bambi").version
+__version__ = version("bambi")
 
 __all__ = [
     "Model",

bambi/backend/pymc.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 from copy import deepcopy
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import numpy as np
 import pymc as pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 _log = logging.getLogger("bambi")
 
 
-__version__ = get_distribution("bambi").version
+__version__ = version("bambi")
 
 
 class PyMCModel:

bambi/models.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 from copy import deepcopy
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution
+from importlib.metadata import version
 
 import formulae as fm
 import pymc as pm
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 ORDINAL_FAMILIES = (univariate.Cumulative, univariate.StoppingRatio)
 
-__version__ = get_distribution("bambi").version
+__version__ = version("bambi")
 
 
 class Model: