use unknown to specify unknown versions

2017-04-20 21:46:58 +02:00 · 2017-04-20 21:46:58 +02:00 · 4242bf6262
parent 2cf422733c
commit 4242bf6262
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/_pytest/init.py
+++ b/_pytest/init.py
@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-__all__ = ['__version__']
 import pkg_resources

+__all__ = ['__version__']
+
 try:
    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('pytest').version
 except Exception:
-    __version__ = None  # broken installation, we don't even try
+    # broken installation, we don't even try
+    # unknown only works because we do poor mans version compare
+    __version__ = 'unknown'