Changed version to 1.6.0

setup.py now reads version from silfont/__init__.py

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [1.5.1.dev0] - Placeholder for next release
+## [1.6.0] - 2022-07-25 Maintenance Release - general updates
+
+General updates over the last two years, adding new scripts and updating existing in response to new
+needs or to adjust for changes to third-party software.
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+Multiple changes!
 
 ### Removed
 

lib/silfont/__init__.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 __url__ = 'http://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2014-2022 SIL International (http://www.sil.org)'
 __license__ = 'Released under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)'
-__version__ = '1.5.1.dev0'
+__version__ = '1.6.0'

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 __url__ = 'http://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright (c) 2014 SIL International (http://www.sil.org)'
 __license__ = 'Released under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)'
-__version__ = '1.5.1.dev0'
 
 import sys, os, importlib
 
@@ -14,6 +13,15 @@
     print("pysilfont requires setuptools - see installation notes in README.md")
     sys.exit(1)
 
+# Read version from __init__.py
+version = None
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+init = open(os.path.join(here, "lib", "silfont", "__init__.py"), 'r')
+for line in init:
+   if line.startswith('__version__'):
+       version = line.split("'")[1]
+if version is None: sys.exit("Failed to read __version__ from init.py")
+
 if sys.version_info < (3,6): sys.exit('Sorry, Python < 3.6 is not supported')
 
 warnings = []
@@ -24,9 +32,7 @@
         except ImportError : warnings.append("- Some modules/scripts require the python %s package which is not currently installed" % m)
 
 long_description =  "A growing collection of font utilities mainly written in Python designed to help with various aspects of font design and production.\n"
-long_description += "Developed and maintained by SIL International's by SIL International's WSTech department (formerly NRSI).\n"
-long_description += "Some of these utilities make use of the FontForge Python module."
-
+long_description += "Developed and maintained by SIL International's by SIL International's WSTech department (formerly NRSI)."
 
 # Create entry_points console scripts entry
 cscripts = []
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'pysilfont',
-    version = __version__,
+    version = version,
     description = 'Python-based font utilities collection',
     long_description = long_description,
     maintainer = 'SIL International',