Add VERSION string

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/djangorestframework/__init__.py b/djangorestframework/__init__.py
index e69de29b..522771b5 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/__init__.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+VERSION="0.1.1"
diff --git a/djangorestframework/tests/package.py b/djangorestframework/tests/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4128333c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangorestframework/tests/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Tests for the djangorestframework package setup."""
+from django.test import TestCase
+import djangorestframework
+
+class TestVersion(TestCase): 
+    """Simple sanity test to check the VERSION exists"""
+
+    def test_version(self):
+        """Ensure the VERSION exists."""
+        djangorestframework.VERSION
+