declare shared namespace

setup.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from io import open
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+import shared.utils
+
 
 def read(filename):
     path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ def read(filename):
 
 setup(
     name='django-shared-utils',
-    version=__import__('shared').__version__,
+    version=shared.utils.__version__,
     description=' Mix of Python and Django utility functions, classed etc.',
     long_description=read('README.md'),
     author='Erik Stein',
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(
         exclude=['tests', 'testapp'],
     ),
+    namespace_packages=['shared'],
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         # 'django<2', commented out to make `pip install -U` easier

shared/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-VERSION = (0, 2, 1)
-__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
+__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)

shared/utils/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 # Erik Stein <code@classlibrary.net>, 2007-2016
 
+VERSION = (0, 2, 1)
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
+
 
 try:
     from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _