More progress on multi-head kits, though I'm not sure it will work.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py
index 0f8a0cc0..21894364 100644
--- a/coverage/__init__.py
+++ b/coverage/__init__.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "3.1b1"    # see detailed history in CHANGES.txt
-
+from coverage.version import __version__
 from coverage.control import coverage
 from coverage.data import CoverageData
 from coverage.cmdline import main, CoverageScript
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45f1b328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Coverage.py version number."""
+
+# Because this file is imported by setup.py, which must run unchanged in both
+# Python 2.x and 3.x, this file must be kept simple enough to run under both.
+
+__version__ = "3.1b1"    # see detailed history in CHANGES.txt