Deltares · JoerivanEngelen · Jan 24, 2024 · Jan 19, 2024 · Jan 19, 2024 · Jan 19, 2024
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
diff --git a/docs/api/changelog.rst b/docs/api/changelog.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ Changed
   environments. This replaces the ``imod-environment.yml`` conda environment. We
   advice doing development installations with pixi from now on. `See the
   documentation. <https://deltares.github.io/imod-python/installation.html>`_
+  This does not affect users who installed with ``pip install imod``, ``mamba
+  install imod`` or ``conda install imod``.
+- Changed build system from ``setuptools`` to ``hatchling``. Users who did a
+  development install are adviced to run ``pip uninstall imod`` and ``pip
+  install -e .`` again. This does not affect users who installed with ``pip
+  install imod``, ``mamba install imod`` or ``conda install imod``.
 
 
 [0.15.1] - 2023-12-22

diff --git a/docs/developing.rst b/docs/developing.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ To follow these steps, you need to be one of the maintainers for imod on both
 `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/imod/>`_ and `conda-forge
 <https://github.com/conda-forge/imod-feedstock>`_.
 
-1. Update the :doc:`../api/changelog` and the pyproject.toml files.
+1. Update the :doc:`../api/changelog` and the ``__version__`` in ``imod/__init__.py``,
+   and the version entry in the ``pixi.toml`` for complenetess.
 
 2. Create a tag on your local machine and push it GitHub. `Old tags are here
    <https://github.com/Deltares/imod-python/tags>`_. `Old releases are
@@ -96,14 +97,10 @@ To follow these steps, you need to be one of the maintainers for imod on both
 
 4. Locally, ``git fetch --tags`` and ``git pull``, verify you are on the commit
    you want to release, and that it is clean.
+
+5. Run ``pixi run pypi-publish`` to build the package and upload to PyPI.
 
-5. Remove the ``build``,  ``dist``, ``imod.egg-info`` folders if present.
-
-6. Create a source distribution under ``dist/`` with ``python -m build --sdist``
-
-7. Upload the files from step 6 to PyPI with ``twine upload dist/*``
-
-8. For `conda-forge <https://github.com/conda-forge/imod-feedstock>`_, a PR
+6. For `conda-forge <https://github.com/conda-forge/imod-feedstock>`_, a PR
    will be created automatically. If the requirements are up to date in
    `meta.yaml
    <https://github.com/conda-forge/imod-feedstock/blob/master/recipe/meta.yaml>`_

diff --git a/imod/__init__.py b/imod/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, distribution
-
 # exports
 from imod import (
     couplers,
@@ -17,9 +15,4 @@
 )
 from imod.formats import gen, idf, ipf, prj, rasterio
 
-# version
-try:
-    __version__ = distribution(__name__).version
-except PackageNotFoundError:
-    # package is not installed
-    pass
+__version__ = "0.15.1"