From 85ef9587f453f31d4dd64415aad7c367a3d74c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moksha-hub <mokshagnak004@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:31:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [MNT] Remove __version__.py, define __version__ in
 __init__.py (#1642)

---
 openml/__init__.py    | 2 +-
 openml/__version__.py | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 openml/__version__.py

diff --git a/openml/__init__.py b/openml/__init__.py
index ae5db261f..da6db84ef 100644
--- a/openml/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     tasks,
     utils,
 )
-from .__version__ import __version__
+__version__ = "0.16.0"  # defined here directly, see issue #1642
 from .datasets import OpenMLDataFeature, OpenMLDataset
 from .evaluations import OpenMLEvaluation
 from .flows import OpenMLFlow
diff --git a/openml/__version__.py b/openml/__version__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cf5a8535d..000000000
--- a/openml/__version__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"""Version information."""
-
-# License: BSD 3-Clause
-
-# The following line *must* be the last in the module, exactly as formatted:
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-__version__ = "0.16.0"

From 8aecfd22cc4a1952e8e42cfe69a01ce7940d5eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
 <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:19:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
---
 openml/__init__.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/openml/__init__.py b/openml/__init__.py
index da6db84ef..909de2534 100644
--- a/openml/__init__.py
+++ b/openml/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     tasks,
     utils,
 )
+
 __version__ = "0.16.0"  # defined here directly, see issue #1642
 from .datasets import OpenMLDataFeature, OpenMLDataset
 from .evaluations import OpenMLEvaluation