added version.py (#7)

* Updated README.md

* Add pytest tests and GitHub Actions workflow

* Add pytest tests and GitHub Actions workflow

* Add pytest tests and GitHub Actions workflow

* Added the Check version Capability

* added version.py

checkversions/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+# version.py
+
+import importlib.metadata
+
+def get_latest_release_version(package_name):
+    """
+    Get the latest released version of a Python package.
+
+    Args:
+        package_name (str): The name of the Python package.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The latest released version or '0.0.0' if not found.
+
+    """
+    try:
+        distribution = importlib.metadata.distribution(package_name)
+        return distribution.version
+    except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        return '0.0.0'
+
+def get_Version(current_version):
+    """
+    Check if there is a newer version of the package available.
+
+    Args:
+        current_version (str): The current version of the package.
+
+    Returns:
+        None: Prints a message indicating if a newer version is available.
+
+    """
+    package_name = 'checkversions'
+    latest_version = get_latest_release_version(package_name)
+
+    if latest_version > current_version:
+        print(f"A newer version ({latest_version}) of checkversions is available.")
+    else:
+        pass
+

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = '0.0.1'
+from checkversions.version import get_Version
+
+VERSION = "0.0.1"
+
+get_Version(VERSION)
+
 DESCRIPTION = 'CheckVersions is a powerful and intuitive version comparison tool for software development.'
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh: