Description: Remove __init__ import from setup.py due to circular dependency problem at build time.
Author: Josue Ortega <josue@debian.org>
Last-Update: 2019-08-23

--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 
-# Get the version number from the __init__ file:
-from __init__ import __version__
-
 long_description = """\
 Gnuplot.py is a Python package that allows you to create graphs from
 within Python using the gnuplot plotting program.
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@
 setup (
     # Distribution meta-data
     name='gnuplot-py',
-    version=__version__,
+    version='1.8',
     description='A Python interface to the gnuplot plotting program.',
     long_description=long_description,
     author='Michael Haggerty',