chore: remove setup.py and bump major version to v6.0.0

- Completely remove setup.py.
- Bump major version of the package to 6.0.0.
- Update appium/version.py with a static version string for consistency.
- Sync pyproject.toml and appium/version.py via semantic-release configuration.
- Update CHANGELOG.md.

Author: Dor-bl

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 <!-- version list -->
 
+## v6.0.0 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Remove `setup.py` completely.
+
+### Chores
+
+- Bump the major version to v6.0.0.
+
 ## v5.3.0 (2026-03-28)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

appium/version.py

@@ -12,11 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from importlib import metadata
-
-
-def _get_version():
-    return metadata.version('Appium-Python-Client')
-
-
-version = _get_version()
+version = '6.0.0'

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "Appium-Python-Client"
 description = "Python client for Appium"
-version = "5.3.0"
+version = "6.0.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ dev = [
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "regex"
-path = "appium/version.py"
-pattern = "(?P<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"
-
 [tool.hatch.build]
 exclude = [
   "test/",
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ major_on_zero = true
 allow_zero_version = false
 no_git_verify = false
 tag_format = "v{version}"
-version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version"]
+version_toml = ["pyproject.toml:project.version", "appium/version.py:version"]
 
 [tool.semantic_release.branches.main]
 match = "(main|master)"