fixed version and author duplication

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.Python
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+dist/
+build/
+wheels/
+sdist/
+
+# Virtual envs
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+
+# Testing
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+
+# Ruff / linting
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# Mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+
+# Editors
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# ForeignThon compiled output
+*.compiled.py
+
+# Temporary Tests
+tmp/**

src/foreignthon_es/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
 from importlib.resources import files
+from importlib.metadata import version, metadata, PackageNotFoundError
+
+try:
+    package_name = (__package__ or "").replace("_", "-")
+    __version__ = version(package_name)
+
+    pkg_metadata = metadata(package_name)
+
+    # 1. Grab names from BOTH possible fields (Author and Author-email)
+    raw_authors = pkg_metadata.get_all("Author") or []
+    raw_emails = pkg_metadata.get_all("Author-email") or []
+
+    # 2. Combine them into one single, clean list of unique names
+    # This strips out the extra email brackets so you just get the clean names
+    combined = []
+    for item in (raw_authors + raw_emails):
+        # Extracts just the name if it looks like "Name <email@domain.com>"
+        clean_name = item.split("<")[0].strip()
+        if clean_name and clean_name not in combined:
+            combined.append(clean_name)
+
+    __authors__ = combined
+
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "0.0.0"
+    __authors__ = []
 
 def get_pack_path():
     return files(__name__) / "es.json"

src/foreignthon_es/es.json

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   "meta": {
     "name": "Spanish",
     "native_name": "Español",
-    "code": "es",
+    "code": "es"
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    "authors": []
   },
   "keywords": {
     "si": "if",