refactor version info so pyinstaller will work; add build mac and ubuntu standalone executables

.github/workflows/build_mac.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Build and publish mac standalone executable
+
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          pip install pyinstaller
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pyinstaller -F -n meshtastic meshtastic/__main__.py
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: meshtastic
+          path: dist

.github/workflows/build_ubuntu.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Build and publish ubuntu standalone executable
+
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          pip install pyinstaller
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pyinstaller -F -n meshtastic meshtastic/__main__.py
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: meshtastic
+          path: dist

.github/workflows/build_windows.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
-      - name: Build exe
+      - name: Build
         run: |
           pip install pyinstaller
           pip install -r requirements.txt

.gitignore

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ venv/
 .DS_Store
 __pycache__
 examples/__pycache__
+meshtastic.spec

meshtastic/__main__.py

@@ -818,8 +818,8 @@ def initParser():
 
     parser.set_defaults(deprecated=None)
 
-    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version',
-                        version=f"{pkg_resources.require('meshtastic')[0].version}")
+    the_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("meshtastic").version
+    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f"{the_version}")
 
     parser.add_argument(
         "--support", action='store_true', help="Show support info (useful when troubleshooting an issue)")

meshtastic/util.py

@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ def support_info():
     print('   Machine: {0}'.format(platform.uname().machine))
     print('   Encoding (stdin): {0}'.format(sys.stdin.encoding))
     print('   Encoding (stdout): {0}'.format(sys.stdout.encoding))
-    print(' meshtastic: v{0}'.format(pkg_resources.require('meshtastic')[0].version))
+    the_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("meshtastic").version
+    print(' meshtastic: v{0}'.format(the_version))
     print(' Executable: {0}'.format(sys.argv[0]))
     print(' Python: {0} {1} {2}'.format(platform.python_version(),
           platform.python_implementation(), platform.python_compiler()))