refactor: drop setuptools-scm dependency

README.rst

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Dependencies
 - `lxml: processing XML and HTML in Python <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml>`_
 - `numpy: Scientific Computing Tools For Python <https://www.numpy.org>`_
 - `scipy: Scientific Tools for Python <https://www.scipy.org/>`_
-- `setuptools_scm: manager for python package versions using scm metadata <https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm>`_
 
 References
 ##########

doc/environment.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ dependencies:
   - python>=3.6
   - python-dateutil
   - scipy
-  - setuptools_scm
   - sphinx
   - sphinx-argparse>=0.4
   - sphinxcontrib-bibtex

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 copyright = f"2023\u2013{year}, Tyler C. Sutterley"
 author = 'Tyler C. Sutterley'
 
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-# get semantic version from setuptools-scm
+# software version
 version = metadata["version"]
 # append "v" before the version
 release = f"v{version}"

doc/source/project/Citations.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ This software is also dependent on other commonly used Python packages:
 - `lxml: processing XML and HTML in Python <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml>`_
 - `numpy: Scientific Computing Tools For Python <https://www.numpy.org>`_
 - `scipy: Scientific Tools for Python <https://www.scipy.org/>`_
-- `setuptools_scm: manager for python package versions using scm metadata <https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm>`_
 
 Data Citations
 ##############

environment.yml

@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ dependencies:
   - python>=3.6
   - python-dateutil
   - scipy
-  - setuptools_scm

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "timescale"
+version = "0.0.9"
 description = "Python tools for time and astronomical calculations"
 keywords = [
     "Time",
@@ -33,11 +34,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy",
     "python-dateutil",
     "scipy>=1.10.1",
-    "setuptools_scm",
 ]
 
-dynamic = ["version"]
-
 classifiers=[
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",

timescale/__init__.py

@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ def from_list(*args, **kwargs):
     """
     return timescale.time.Timescale().from_list(*args, **kwargs)
 
-# get semantic version from setuptools-scm
+# get version information
 __version__ = timescale.version.version

timescale/version.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 u"""
 version.py (11/2023)
-Gets semantic version number and commit hash from setuptools-scm
+Gets version number with importlib.metadata
 """
 import importlib.metadata