Remove unused semantic_version module

[pombredanne]

The semantic_version library has been added as a dependency but none of its features are used. Why adding a dependency when storing a simple string is just as good?

[jspeed-meyers]

I'm also a +1 for removing a unused dependency. (NOTE: I thought "none of its features are used" meant that the dependency is unused.)

That said, I did a quick check for how many mentions of semantic_version show up in the codebase and I found six instances. The GitHub UI search functionality agrees and also adds the instance in which the dependency is mentioned in the pyproject.toml file.

$ grep -r -o "semantic_version" --include="*.py" | wc -l
6

This library does in fact appear to be used.

But perhaps your comment is really that the functionality of the semantic_version module is used too lightly. My scan suggests that only the Version class is used.

While I defer to you and others that have a history with this project, it does strike me that one benefit of using the semantic_version 3rd party library is that this library does do a check for whether the version actually follows the semantic version scheme. Whether that benefit outweighs the costs of adding a dependency, I defer to others.