make version reporting backwards compatible

Author: miguelgrinberg

elasticsearch_dsl/__init__.py

@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 
 from elasticsearch import __version__, dsl  # noqa: F401
 
-VERSION = __version__
-__versionstr__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION))
-
 modules = [mod for mod in sys.modules.keys() if mod.startswith("elasticsearch.dsl")]
 for mod in modules:
     sys.modules[mod.replace("elasticsearch.dsl", "elasticsearch_dsl")] = sys.modules[
         mod
     ]
+sys.modules["elasticsearch_dsl"].VERSION = __version__
+sys.modules["elasticsearch_dsl"].__versionstr__ = ".".join(map(str, __version__))

setup.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 install_requires = [
     "python-dateutil",
     "typing-extensions",
-    #"elasticsearch>=8.0.0,<9.0.0",
+    # "elasticsearch>=8.0.0,<9.0.0",
     "elasticsearch @ https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-py/archive/refs/heads/main.zip#egg=elasticsearch",
     "elastic-transport>=8.0.0,<9.0.0",
 ]