let sphinx extract version, author from source

doc/conf.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import sys, os
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.abspath('.'), '..'))
 
+import jsonpointer
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -41,16 +43,17 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'python-json-pointer'
-copyright = u'2013, Stefan Kögl'
+copyright = jsonpointer.__author__
 
 # 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 = '1'
+version = jsonpointer.__version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.0'
+release = jsonpointer.__version__
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

jsonpointer.py

@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 """ Identify specific nodes in a JSON document (RFC 6901) """
 
 # Will be parsed by setup.py to determine package metadata
-__author__ = 'Stefan Kögl <stefan@skoegl.net>'
-__version__ = '1.0'
-__website__ = 'https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-pointer'
-__license__ = 'Modified BSD License'
+__author__ = u'Stefan Kögl <stefan@skoegl.net>'
+__version__ = u'1.0'
+__website__ = u'https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-pointer'
+__license__ = u'Modified BSD License'
 
 
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