[Question] change version number ?

[arminposchmann]

Type of Issue (Enhancement, Error, Bug, Question)

Question

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Environment

Operating System

Linux version ('glibc', '2.35')

PySimpleGUI Port (tkinter, Qt, Wx, Web)

tkinter

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Versions

Python version (sg.sys.version)

3.10.12 (main, Feb 4 2025, 14:57:36) [GCC 11.4.0]

PySimpleGUI Version (sg.__version__)

5.2.0.post1

GUI Version (tkinter (sg.tclversion_detailed), PySide2, WxPython, Remi)

8.6.12

Project details

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Your Experience In Months or Years (optional)

2 Years Python programming experience 20 Years Programming experience overall Yes Have used another Python GUI Framework? (tkinter, Qt, etc) (yes/no is fine)

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• [X] Run your program outside of your debugger (from a command line)
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Detailed Description

Can you please change the version in init.py to the version of METADATA

maybe : from importlib import metadata version = version = metadata.version('FreeSimpleGUI')

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[spyoungtech]

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm not a fan of __version__ being in __init__.py to begin with, I think partially for this reason.

I'll look at getting this fixed soon.