Changelog

2.2.0 (2026-02-13)

  • Added support for Python 3.15

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

2.1.2 (2026-01-27)

  • Now about() and about_from_setup() return an instance of the ‘adict’
    dictionary with about info (but backward compatibility is preserved).
  • Now the __version_info__ field has a ‘version_info’ namedtuple type
    instead of a class (but backward compatibility is preserved).
  • Workaround for a tox error that occurs when pyproject.toml and setup.cfg
    files coexist.

  • Improved parsing for newer metadata specifications.

  • Fixed a bug concerning the ‘strict’ parameter for the methods
    email.utils.getaddresses() and email.utils.parseaddr().
    Thank you! https://github.com/hedesandxlii

  • Added ‘__urls__’ field to return values of about() and about_from_setup().

  • Added ‘__metadata__’ field to return values of about() and about_from_setup().

  • Replaced in-code use of ‘setuptools’ with ‘build’, dropping the ‘setuptools’
    dependency and aligning about_from_setup() more closely with about().

  • The package is fully PyInstaller-aware.

  • Marked the package as typed.

  • Copyright year update.

  • Switched from tox to Nox for project automation.

  • The documentation has been moved from Read the Docs to GitHub Pages.

  • Added the nox’s ‘cleanup’ test environment.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies) and bug fixes.

  • Fixes for typing.

1.5.0 (2025-09-01)

  • Now about_from_setup() returns an instance of the ‘about’ class
    (but backward compatibility is preserved).

  • Made the package typed.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.3.7 (2025-07-07)

  • Use standard importlib.metadata instead of importlib-metadata.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.3.6 (2025-06-11)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.3.5 (2025-05-15)

  • The ‘License-Expression’ metadata field takes precedence over the
    ‘License’ metadata field.

  • The distribution is now built using ‘build’ instead of ‘setuptools’.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies) (due to regressions in tox and setuptools).

1.3.3 (2025-05-04)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.3.1 (2025-05-01)

  • Added support for Python 3.14

  • Dropped support for Python 3.9 (due to compatibility issues).

  • Updated Read the Docs’ Python version to 3.13

  • Updated tox’s base_python to version 3.13

  • Removed the ability to obtain __copyright__ from the README.rst or
    __about__.py due to significant compatibility issues (because the
    ‘Copyright’ field is not part of the package metadata at all).
    For now, the __copyright__ field is the same as __author__ field
    (which is always obtained from the package metadata).

  • Removed dependencies on docutils.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.11 (2025-03-20)

  • Added support for PyPy 3.11

  • Dropped support for PyPy 3.9

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.10 (2025-03-15)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.9 (2025-02-14)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.8 (2025-01-25)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.7 (2025-01-20)

  • Copyright year update.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.6 (2024-12-13)

  • Source distribution (*.tar.gz now) is compliant with PEP-0625.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.5 (2024-11-13)

  • More unittests.

  • 100% code linting.

  • 100% code coverage.

  • Tox configuration is now in native (toml) format.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.2 (2024-10-30)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.2.0 (2024-09-30)

  • Dropped support for Python 3.8

  • Added the ability to obtain __copyright__ from the README.rst content.

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.1.8 (2024-08-13)

  • Added support for Python 3.13

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.1.7 (2024-07-15)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.1.6 (2024-06-20)

  • Setup update (mainly dependencies).

1.1.5 (2024-01-26)

  • Setup update (now based on tox >= 4.0).

  • Cleanup.

1.1.0 (2023-12-15)

  • Added support for Python 3.12

  • Dropped support for Python 3.7

  • Added support for PyPy 3.10

  • Dropped support for PyPy 3.7 and 3.8

  • Bugfix for parsing metadata’s ‘Project-URL’.

  • Bugfix in about_from_setup() related to handling of __version_info__.

  • Enhancement: the ‘package_path’ parameter of the about_from_setup()
    can now be a string or a Path.

  • Bugfix in about_from_setup() related to parsing author and maintainer emails.

  • Copyright year update.

  • Added a trivial unit test.

1.0.8 (2022-10-18)

  • The tox configuration has been moved to pyproject.toml

1.0.7 (2022-08-22)

  • Setup update.

1.0.6 (2022-07-24)

  • Add __author_email__ (as alias of __email__).

  • Add __maintainer_email__.

  • Setup update (currently based mainly on pyproject.toml).

1.0.5 (2022-07-20)

  • Add about_from_setup() (to use e.g. in docs.conf.py).

  • Added support for Python 3.10 and 3.11

  • Added support for PyPy 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9

  • Setup update.

1.0.4 (2022-01-10)

  • Dropped support for Python 3.6

  • Copyright year update.

  • Setup update.

1.0.3 (2021-10-14)

  • Setup update.

1.0.2 (2021-07-20)

  • First functional release.

0.0.1 (2020-10-16)

  • Initial commit.