From d26199cb70ffc60fc1f54b87fd0723f62fe793e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 14:26:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #23442 -- Added django.__version__ per PEP 396.

Thanks abhillman for the suggestion and Claude Paroz for review.
---
 django/__init__.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 7bb46b6569..4430fec2c0 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ VERSION = (1, 8, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 
 def get_version(*args, **kwargs):
-    # Don't litter django/__init__.py with all the get_version stuff.
-    # Only import if it's actually called.
+    # Avoid circular import
     from django.utils.version import get_version
     return get_version(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
+__version__ = get_version(VERSION)
+
+
 def setup():
     """
     Configure the settings (this happens as a side effect of accessing the