pavement.py

 import sys
 
 from paver.easy import task, needs, path, sh, cmdopts, options
-from paver.setuputils import setup, install_distutils_tasks
+from paver.setuputils import setup, install_distutils_tasks, find_packages
 from distutils.extension import Extension
 from distutils.dep_util import newer
 
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ setup(name='dstat_interface',
       description='Interface software for DStat potentiostat.',
       keywords='',
       author='Michael D. M Dryden',
-      author_email='mdryden@chemutoronto.ca',
+      author_email='mdryden@chem.utoronto.ca',
       url='http://microfluidics.utoronto.ca/dstat',
       license='GPLv3',
-      packages=['dstat_interface', ],
+      packages=find_packages(),
       install_requires=['matplotlib', 'numpy', 'pyserial', 'pyzmq',
-                        'pyyaml','seaborn', 'zmq-plugin>=0.2.post2'],
+                        'pyyaml','seaborn', 'setuptools', 
+                        'zmq-plugin>=0.2.post2'],
       # Install data listed in `MANIFEST.in`
       include_package_data=True)
 

version.py

@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ __all__ = ('getVersion')
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os.path
+import inspect
 
-
-RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = 'RELEASE-VERSION'
+RELEASE_VERSION_FILE = '{}/RELEASE-VERSION'.format(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.stack()[0][1])))
 
 # http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386/
 _PEP386_SHORT_VERSION_RE = r'\d+(?:\.\d+)+(?:(?:[abc]|rc)\d+(?:\.\d+)*)?'