version can now be changed in one file (for sphinx and pypi)

VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.5.5

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -44,14 +44,20 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 project = u'Jedi'
 copyright = u'2012, Jedi contributors'
 
+_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+with open(_path + '/../../VERSION') as f:
+    VERSION = f.read().strip()
+
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.5'
+
+import re
+version = re.match('\d+\.\d+', VERSION).group(0)
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5b5'
+release = VERSION
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
   ('index', 'Jedi', u'Jedi Documentation',
-   u'Jedi contributors', 'Jedi', 'One line description of project.',
+   u'Jedi contributors', 'Jedi', 'Awesome Python autocompletion library.',
    'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 

setup.py

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ __AUTHOR_EMAIL__ = 'davidhalter88@gmail.com'
 
 readme = open('README.rst').read()
 
+with open('VERSION') as f:
+    VERSION = f.read().strip()
 
 setup(name='jedi',
-      version='0.5b5',
+      version=VERSION,
       description='An autocompletion tool for Python that can be used for text editors.',
       author=__AUTHOR__,
       author_email=__AUTHOR_EMAIL__,