make version accessible without having to read a file

This works when krowlog is bundled into a single executable

VERSION.info

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.1.0

krowlog.py

@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 import logging
 import signal
-
 from PySide6 import QtCore
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
 from PySide6.QtCore import QTimer
 import sys
-
 import constants
 from src.pluginregistry import PluginRegistry
-
 import gettext
-
 from src.ui.icon import Icon
 
+__version__ = '0.2.0'
+
 gettext.install('krowlog', 'locale')
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

src/plugins/krowlog/aboutdialog.py

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import PySide6
 import urllib3
 from watchdog import version as watchdog_version
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
-from PySide6.QtGui import QFont, QPixmap
+from PySide6.QtGui import QFont
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import *
 
-from pathlib import Path
 import constants
+
+import krowlog
 from src.ui.icon import Icon
 from src.ui.label import Label
 from src.ui.vbox import VBox
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class AboutDialog(QDialog):
         heading_app_name.setFont(QFont("default", 25))
         # heading_app_name.setTextInteractionFlags(Qt.TextInteractionFlag.TextSelectableByMouse)
 
-        version = Label(_("Version: {0}").format(self._version()))
+        version = Label(_("Version: {0}").format(krowlog.__version__))
         version.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignLeft)
 
         app_icon = QLabel()
@@ -85,6 +86,3 @@ class AboutDialog(QDialog):
         result.layout = QVBoxLayout(result)
         result.layout.addWidget(Label(label))
         return result
-
-    def _version(self):
-        return Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.joinpath('VERSION.info').read_text("utf8").strip()