docs: def get_version():
      """Get version and version_info without importing the entire module."""
  
      path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'backrefs')
      fp, pathname, desc = imp.find_module('__meta__', [path])
      try:
          vi = imp.load_module('__meta__', fp, pathname, desc).__version_info__
          return vi._get_canonical(), vi._get_dev_status()
      except Exception:
          print(traceback.format_exc())
      finally:
          fp.close()