switching to dynamic versioning

__version__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""
+This module contains the version information for the PAOS package.
+
+The version is stored in the `__version__` variable.
+"""
+__version__ = "1.2.5-post0"

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "paos"
-version = "1.2.5-post0"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 authors = [
     {name = "Andrea Bocchieri <[email protected]>"},
     {name = "Lorenzo V. Mugnai"},
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/arielmission-space/PAOS/issues"
 Repository = "https://github.com/arielmission-space/PAOS.git"
 DOI = "https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018333"
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "__version__.py"}
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 docs = [
     "sphinx>=5.0",