From 5f35d11375aa41f32d89e735c6b1678ec2b2262a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yong Hui <liuyonghui.job@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:16:45 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve version retrieval with ImportError handling

Handle ImportError when retrieving version number.
---
 chatette/__init__.py | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chatette/__init__.py b/chatette/__init__.py
index a3fb899..047e148 100644
--- a/chatette/__init__.py
+++ b/chatette/__init__.py
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 """
 
 # Retrieve the version number using setuptools
-import pkg_resources
 try:
-    __version__ = pkg_resources.require("chatette")[0].version
-except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-    __version__ = "<couldn't retrieve version number>"  # TODO: find another way
+    import pkg_resources
+    try:
+        __version__ = pkg_resources.require("chatette")[0].version
+    except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        __version__ = "<couldn't retrieve version number>"  # TODO: find another way
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = "<couldn't retrieve version number>"