1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/swift/__init__.py b/swift/__init__.py
index 441e13d5e..c26a554fb 100644
--- a/swift/__init__.py
+++ b/swift/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 import gettext
 
 
-__version__ = '1.4-dev'
+class Version(object):
+    def __init__(self, canonical_version, final):
+        self.canonical_version = canonical_version
+        self.final = final
+
+    @property
+    def pretty_version(self):
+        if self.final:
+            return self.canonical_version
+        else:
+            return '%s-dev' % (self.canonical_version,)
+
+
+_version = Version('1.4.1', False)
+__version__ = _version.pretty_version
+__canonical_version__ = _version.canonical_version
+
 gettext.install('swift')