There is no version attribute anywhere in subunit

I agree; I do this on nearly all new packages; subunit has been around for a while is all.

I might have a look at this later, but posting here before I forget or if anybody else beats me to it:

23:41 < lifeless> have a look at testrepository or whatnot for style
23:41 < lifeless> basically I'd like it generated from configure.ac
23:41 < lifeless> uhm, as __init__ is rather big, perhaps a version.py.in approach
23:41 < lifeless> and then in __init__, from _version import __version__

Not having a version means I have to do some funny hacks in:
<https://code.launchpad.net/~gz/bzr/trivial_subunit_unexpectedly_correct/+merge/61470>

I'd prefer to require a minimum subunit python module version some time after "subunit next" is released.

Patches gracefully etc etc

There has been one for a bit; I don't recall when we added it.