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+name: CI/CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-version:
+        # github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        # && github.event.inputs.release-version
+        description: >-
+          Target PEP440-compliant version to release.
+          Please, don't prepend `v`.
+        required: true
+      release-commitish:
+        # github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        # && github.event.inputs.release-commitish
+        default: ''
+        description: >-
+          The commit to be released to PyPI and tagged
+          in Git as `release-version`. Normally, you
+          should keep this empty.
+        required: false
+      YOLO:
+        default: false
+        description: >-
+          Flag whether test results should block the
+          release (true/false). Only use this under
+          extraordinary circumstances to ignore the
+          test failures and cut the release regardless.
+        required: false
+  schedule:
+  - cron: 1 0 * * *  # Run daily at 0:01 UTC
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  pre-setup:
+    name: ⚙️ Pre-set global build settings
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: python
+    outputs:
+      dist-version: >-
+        ${{
+            steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested == 'true'
+            && github.event.inputs.release-version
+            || steps.scm-version.outputs.dist-version
+        }}
+      is-untagged-devel: >-
+        ${{ steps.untagged-check.outputs.is-untagged-devel || false }}
+      release-requested: >-
+        ${{
+            steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested || false
+        }}
+      cache-key-files: >-
+        ${{ steps.calc-cache-key-files.outputs.files-hash-key }}
+      git-tag: ${{ steps.git-tag.outputs.tag }}
+      sdist-artifact-name: ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.sdist }}
+      wheel-artifact-name: ${{ steps.artifact-name.outputs.wheel }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Switch to using Python 3.10 by default
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: >-
+          3.10
+    - name: >-
+        Mark the build as untagged '${{
+            github.event.repository.default_branch
+        }}' branch build
+      id: untagged-check
+      if: >-
+        github.event_name == 'push' &&
+        github.ref == format(
+          'refs/heads/{0}', github.event.repository.default_branch
+        )
+      run: >-
+        print('::set-output name=is-untagged-devel::true')
+    - name: Mark the build as "release request"
+      id: request-check
+      if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+      run: >-
+        print('::set-output name=release-requested::true')
+    - name: Check out src from Git
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+    - name: >-
+        Calculate Python interpreter version hash value
+        for use in the cache key
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      id: calc-cache-key-py
+      run: |
+        from hashlib import sha512
+        from sys import version
+        hash = sha512(version.encode()).hexdigest()
+        print(f'::set-output name=py-hash-key::{hash}')
+    - name: >-
+        Calculate dependency files' combined hash value
+        for use in the cache key
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      id: calc-cache-key-files
+      run: |
+        print(
+          "::set-output name=files-hash-key::${{
+              hashFiles(
+                'requirements-dev.txt',
+                'setup.py'
+              )
+          }}",
+        )
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      run: >-
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(python -m pip cache dir)"
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Set up pip cache
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: >-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+          steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key }}-${{
+          steps.calc-cache-key-files.outputs.files-hash-key }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+              steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key
+          }}-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-
+    - name: Drop Git tags from HEAD for non-release requests
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      run: >-
+        git tag --points-at HEAD
+        |
+        xargs git tag --delete
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Set up versioning prerequisites
+      if: >-
+        steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --user
+        --upgrade
+        setuptools-scm
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Set the current dist version from Git
+      if: steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested != 'true'
+      id: scm-version
+      run: |
+        import setuptools_scm
+        ver = setuptools_scm.get_version(
+          ${{
+              steps.untagged-check.outputs.is-untagged-devel == 'true'
+              && 'local_scheme="no-local-version"' || ''
+          }}
+        )
+        print('::set-output name=dist-version::{ver}'.format(ver=ver))
+    - name: Set the target Git tag
+      id: git-tag
+      run: >-
+        print('::set-output name=tag::v${{
+            steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested == 'true'
+            && github.event.inputs.release-version
+            || steps.scm-version.outputs.dist-version
+        }}')
+    - name: Set the expected dist artifact names
+      id: artifact-name
+      run: |
+        print('::set-output name=sdist::aiomysql-${{
+            steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested == 'true'
+            && github.event.inputs.release-version
+            || steps.scm-version.outputs.dist-version
+        }}.tar.gz')
+        print('::set-output name=wheel::aiomysql-${{
+            steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested == 'true'
+            && github.event.inputs.release-version
+            || steps.scm-version.outputs.dist-version
+        }}-py3-none-any.whl')
+
+  build:
+    name: >-
+      👷 dists ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+      [mode: ${{
+        fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.is-untagged-devel)
+        && 'nightly' || ''
+      }}${{
+        fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+        && 'release' || ''
+      }}${{
+        (
+          !fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.is-untagged-devel)
+          && !fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+        ) && 'test' || ''
+      }}]
+    needs:
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      PY_COLORS: 1
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Switch to using Python v3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: >-
+          3.10
+    - name: >-
+        Calculate Python interpreter version hash value
+        for use in the cache key
+      id: calc-cache-key-py
+      run: |
+        from hashlib import sha512
+        from sys import version
+        hash = sha512(version.encode()).hexdigest()
+        print(f'::set-output name=py-hash-key::{hash}')
+      shell: python
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      run: >-
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(python -m pip cache dir)"
+    - name: Set up pip cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: >-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+          steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key }}-${{
+          needs.pre-setup.outputs.cache-key-files }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+              steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key
+          }}-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+    - name: Install build tools
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --user
+        --upgrade
+        build
+
+    - name: Grab the source from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: >-
+          ${{
+              steps.request-check.outputs.release-requested == 'true'
+              && 1 || 0
+          }}
+        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+
+    - name: Setup git user as [bot]
+      if: >-
+        fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.is-untagged-devel)
+        || fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+      uses: fregante/setup-git-user@6cef8bf084d00360a293e0cc3c56e1b45d6502b8
+    - name: >-
+        Tag the release in the local Git repo
+        as ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+        for setuptools-scm to set the desired version
+      if: >-
+        fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.is-untagged-devel)
+        || fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+      run: >-
+        git tag
+        -m '${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}'
+        '${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}'
+        --
+        ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+    - name: Build dists
+      run: >-
+        python
+        -m
+        build
+        --sdist
+        --wheel
+    - name: Verify that the artifacts with expected names got created
+      run: >-
+        ls -1
+        'dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.sdist-artifact-name }}'
+        'dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.wheel-artifact-name }}'
+    - name: Store the distribution packages
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        # NOTE: Exact expected file names are specified here
+        # NOTE: as a safety measure — if anything weird ends
+        # NOTE: up being in this dir or not all dists will be
+        # NOTE: produced, this will fail the workflow.
+        path: |
+          dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.sdist-artifact-name }}
+          dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.wheel-artifact-name }}
+        retention-days: 30
+
+  lint:
+    name: 🧹 Lint
+
+    needs:
+    - build
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      PY_COLORS: 1
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Switch to using Python 3.10 by default
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: >-
+          3.10
+    - name: >-
+        Calculate Python interpreter version hash value
+        for use in the cache key
+      id: calc-cache-key-py
+      run: |
+        from hashlib import sha512
+        from sys import version
+        hash = sha512(version.encode()).hexdigest()
+        print(f'::set-output name=py-hash-key::{hash}')
+      shell: python
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      run: >-
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(python -m pip cache dir)"
+    - name: Set up pip cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: >-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+          steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key }}-${{
+          needs.pre-setup.outputs.cache-key-files }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+              steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key
+          }}-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+    - name: Grab the source from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+
+    - name: Install build tools
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --user
+        --requirement requirements-dev.txt
+
+    - name: flake8 Lint
+      uses: py-actions/flake8@v2.0.0
+      with:
+        flake8-version: 4.0.1
+        path: aiomysql
+        args: tests examples
+
+
+  tests:
+    name: >-
+      🧪 🐍${{
+          matrix.py
+      }} @ ${{
+          matrix.os
+      }} on ${{
+          join(matrix.db, '-')
+      }}
+    needs:
+    - build
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # service containers are only supported on ubuntu currently
+        os:
+        - ubuntu-latest
+        py:
+        - '3.7'
+        - '3.8'
+        - '3.9'
+        - '3.10'
+        - '3.11-dev'
+        db:
+        - [mysql, '5.7']
+        - [mysql, '8.0']
+        - [mariadb, '10.2']
+        - [mariadb, '10.3']
+        - [mariadb, '10.4']
+        - [mariadb, '10.5']
+        - [mariadb, '10.6']
+        - [mariadb, '10.7']
+
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    continue-on-error: >-
+      ${{
+          (
+            (
+              needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested == 'true' &&
+              !toJSON(github.event.inputs.YOLO)
+            ) ||
+            contains(matrix.py, '-dev')
+          ) && true || false
+      }}
+
+    env:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpw
+      PY_COLORS: 1
+
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: "${{ join(matrix.db, ':') }}"
+        ports:
+        - 3306:3306
+        volumes:
+        - "/tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}/:/socket-mount/"
+        options: '--name=mysqld'
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpw
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.py }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.py }}
+
+    - name: Figure out if the interpreter ABI is stable
+      id: py-abi
+      run: |
+        from sys import version_info
+        is_stable_abi = version_info.releaselevel == 'final'
+        print(
+            '::set-output name=is-stable-abi::{is_stable_abi}'.
+            format(is_stable_abi=str(is_stable_abi).lower())
+        )
+      shell: python
+
+    - name: >-
+        Calculate Python interpreter version hash value
+        for use in the cache key
+      if: fromJSON(steps.py-abi.outputs.is-stable-abi)
+      id: calc-cache-key-py
+      run: |
+        from hashlib import sha512
+        from sys import version
+        hash = sha512(version.encode()).hexdigest()
+        print('::set-output name=py-hash-key::{hash}'.format(hash=hash))
+      shell: python
+
+    - name: Get pip cache dir
+      if: fromJSON(steps.py-abi.outputs.is-stable-abi)
+      id: pip-cache-dir
+      run: >-
+        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(python -m pip cache dir)"
+
+    - name: Set up pip cache
+      if: fromJSON(steps.py-abi.outputs.is-stable-abi)
+      uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
+      with:
+        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
+        key: >-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+          steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key }}-${{
+          needs.pre-setup.outputs.cache-key-files }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{
+              steps.calc-cache-key-py.outputs.py-hash-key
+          }}-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+    - name: Update pip
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --user
+        pip
+
+    - name: Grab the source from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --user
+        --requirement requirements-dev.txt
+
+    - name: Install previously built wheel
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        --no-cache-dir
+        --user
+        --no-index
+        'dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.wheel-artifact-name }}'
+
+    - name: >-
+        Log platform.platform()
+      run: >-
+        python -m platform
+    - name: >-
+        Log platform.version()
+      run: >-
+        python -c "import platform;
+        print(platform.version())"
+    - name: >-
+        Log platform.uname()
+      run: >-
+        python -c "import platform;
+        print(platform.uname())"
+    - name: >-
+        Log platform.release()
+      run: >-
+        python -c "import platform;
+        print(platform.release())"
+    - name: Log stdlib OpenSSL version
+      run: >-
+        python -c
+        "import ssl; print('\nOPENSSL_VERSION: '
+        + ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION + '\nOPENSSL_VERSION_INFO: '
+        + repr(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO)
+        + '\nOPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER: '
+        + repr(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER))"
+
+    - name: Check rst
+      run: |
+        python setup.py check --restructuredtext
+
+    # this ensures our database is ready. typically by the time the preparations have completed its first start logic.
+    # unfortunately we need this hacky workaround as GitHub Actions service containers can't reference data from our repo.
+    - name: Prepare mysql
+      run: |
+        # ensure server is started up
+        while :
+        do
+            sleep 1
+            mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'select version()' && break
+        done
+
+        # inject tls configuration
+        docker container stop mysqld
+        docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/ssl" mysqld:/etc/mysql/ssl
+        docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/tls.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/conf.d/aiomysql-tls.cnf
+
+        # use custom socket path
+        # we need to ensure that the socket path is writable for the user running the DB process in the container
+        sudo chmod 0777 /tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}
+
+        # mysql 5.7 container overrides the socket path in /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+        if [ "${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}" = "mysql-5.7" ]
+        then
+          docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/socket.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/zz-aiomysql-socket.cnf
+        else
+          docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/socket.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/conf.d/aiomysql-socket.cnf
+        fi
+
+        docker container start mysqld
+
+        # ensure server is started up
+        while :
+        do
+            sleep 1
+            mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'select version()' && break
+        done
+
+        mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile=on"
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        # timeout ensures a more or less clean stop by sending a KeyboardInterrupt which will still provide useful logs
+        timeout --preserve-status --signal=INT --verbose 5m \
+          pytest --capture=no --verbosity 2 --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov aiomysql --cov tests ./tests --mysql-unix-socket "unix-${{ join(matrix.db, '') }}=/tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}/mysql.sock" --mysql-address "tcp-${{ join(matrix.db, '') }}=127.0.0.1:3306"
+      env:
+        PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
+      timeout-minutes: 6
+
+    - name: Upload coverage
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2.1.0
+      with:
+        file: ./coverage.xml
+        flags: "${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.py }}_${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}"
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
+
+  check:  # This job does nothing and is only used for the branch protection
+    if: always()
+
+    needs:
+    - lint
+    - tests
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
+      uses: re-actors/alls-green@v1.1.0
+      with:
+        jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+
+  publish-pypi:
+    name: Publish 🐍📦 ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }} to PyPI
+    needs:
+    - check
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+    if: >-
+      fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: >-
+        https://pypi.org/project/aiomysql/${{
+          needs.pre-setup.outputs.dist-version
+        }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: >-
+        Publish 🐍📦 ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }} to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.5.0
+      with:
+        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        print_hash: true
+
+  publish-testpypi:
+    name: Publish 🐍📦 ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }} to TestPyPI
+    needs:
+    - check
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+    if: >-
+      fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.is-untagged-devel)
+      || fromJSON(needs.pre-setup.outputs.release-requested)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    environment:
+      name: testpypi
+      url: >-
+        https://test.pypi.org/project/aiomysql/${{
+          needs.pre-setup.outputs.dist-version
+        }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: >-
+        Publish 🐍📦 ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }} to TestPyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.5.0
+      with:
+        password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+        print_hash: true
+
+  post-release-repo-update:
+    name: >-
+      Publish post-release Git tag
+      for ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+    needs:
+    - publish-pypi
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Fetch the src snapshot
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+    - name: Setup git user as [bot]
+      uses: fregante/setup-git-user@6cef8bf084d00360a293e0cc3c56e1b45d6502b8
+
+    - name: >-
+        Tag the release in the local Git repo
+        as v${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+      run: >-
+        git tag
+        -m '${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}'
+        '${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}'
+        --
+        ${{ github.event.inputs.release-commitish }}
+    - name: >-
+        Push ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }} tag corresponding
+        to the just published release back to GitHub
+      run: >-
+        git push --atomic origin '${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}'
+
+  publish-github-release:
+    name: >-
+      Publish a tag and GitHub release for
+      ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+    needs:
+    - post-release-repo-update
+    - pre-setup  # transitive, for accessing settings
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      discussions: write
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: >-
+        Publish a GitHub Release for
+        ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+      uses: ncipollo/release-action@40bb172bd05f266cf9ba4ff965cb61e9ee5f6d01
+      with:
+        artifacts: |
+          dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.sdist-artifact-name }}
+          dist/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.wheel-artifact-name }}
+        artifactContentType: raw  # Because whl and tgz are of different types
+        # FIXME: Use Towncrier once it is integrated.
+        body: |
+          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}/CHANGES.txt
+        discussionCategory: Announcements
+        name: ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
+        tag: ${{ needs.pre-setup.outputs.git-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9e149f4..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'master'
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: Test
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # service containers are only supported on ubuntu currently
-        os:
-          - ubuntu-latest
-        py:
-          - '3.7'
-          - '3.8'
-          - '3.9'
-          - '3.10'
-          - '3.11-dev'
-        db:
-          - [mysql, '5.7']
-          - [mysql, '8.0']
-          - [mariadb, '10.2']
-          - [mariadb, '10.3']
-          - [mariadb, '10.4']
-          - [mariadb, '10.5']
-          - [mariadb, '10.6']
-          - [mariadb, '10.7']
-
-      fail-fast: false
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-
-    env:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpw
-
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        image: "${{ join(matrix.db, ':') }}"
-        ports:
-          - 3306:3306
-        volumes:
-          - "/tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}/:/socket-mount/"
-        options: '--name=mysqld'
-        env:
-          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpw
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
-
-    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.py }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.py }}
-
-    - name: Get pip cache dir
-      id: pip-cache
-      run: |
-        echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"    # - name: Cache
-
-    - name: Cache PyPI
-      uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
-      with:
-        key: pip-ci-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.py }}
-        path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
-
-    - name: Update pip, wheel, setuptools, build, twine, codecov
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install -U pip wheel setuptools build twine codecov
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade --requirement requirements-dev.txt
-
-    - name: Install aiomysql
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install .
-
-    - name: Check rst
-      run: |
-        python setup.py check --restructuredtext
-
-    # this ensures our database is ready. typically by the time the preparations have completed its first start logic.
-    # unfortunately we need this hacky workaround as GitHub Actions service containers can't reference data from our repo.
-    - name: Prepare mysql
-      run: |
-        # ensure server is started up
-        while :
-        do
-            sleep 1
-            mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'select version()' && break
-        done
-
-        # inject tls configuration
-        docker container stop mysqld
-        docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/ssl" mysqld:/etc/mysql/ssl
-        docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/tls.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/conf.d/aiomysql-tls.cnf
-
-        # use custom socket path
-        # we need to ensure that the socket path is writable for the user running the DB process in the container
-        sudo chmod 0777 /tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}
-
-        # mysql 5.7 container overrides the socket path in /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
-        if [ "${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}" = "mysql-5.7" ]
-        then
-          docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/socket.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/zz-aiomysql-socket.cnf
-        else
-          docker container cp "${{ github.workspace }}/tests/ssl_resources/socket.cnf" mysqld:/etc/mysql/conf.d/aiomysql-socket.cnf
-        fi
-
-        docker container start mysqld
-
-        # ensure server is started up
-        while :
-        do
-            sleep 1
-            mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e 'select version()' && break
-        done
-
-        mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot "-p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -e "SET GLOBAL local_infile=on"
-
-    - name: Run tests
-      run: |
-        # timeout ensures a more or less clean stop by sending a KeyboardInterrupt which will still provide useful logs
-        timeout --preserve-status --signal=INT --verbose 5m \
-          pytest --color=yes --capture=no --verbosity 2 --cov-report term --cov-report xml --cov aiomysql --cov tests ./tests --mysql-unix-socket "unix-${{ join(matrix.db, '') }}=/tmp/run-${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}/mysql.sock" --mysql-address "tcp-${{ join(matrix.db, '') }}=127.0.0.1:3306"
-      env:
-        PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
-      timeout-minutes: 6
-
-    - name: Upload coverage
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2.1.0
-      with:
-        file: ./coverage.xml
-        flags: "${{ matrix.os }}_${{ matrix.py }}_${{ join(matrix.db, '-') }}"
-        fail_ci_if_error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b000eb7..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-name: lint
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - 'master'
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
-
-      - name: Setup Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-
-      - name: Get pip cache dir
-        id: pip-cache
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=dir::$(pip cache dir)"    # - name: Cache
-
-      - name: Cache PyPI
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.7
-        with:
-          key: pip-lint
-          path: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.dir }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade --requirement requirements-dev.txt
-
-      - name: Run pyroma
-        run: |
-          python -m pyroma --min 10 --directory .
-
-      - name: flake8 Lint
-        uses: py-actions/flake8@v2.0.0
-        with:
-          flake8-version: 4.0.1
-          path: aiomysql
-          args: tests examples
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 61187929..1b8efad4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ To be included in 1.0.0 (unreleased)
 * Fix error packet handling for SSCursor #428
 * Required python version is now properly documented in python_requires instead of failing on setup.py execution #731
 * Add rsa extras_require depending on PyMySQL[rsa] #557
+* Self-reported __version__ now returns version from installed package metadata, otherwise unknown #734
 
 
 0.0.22 (2021-11-14)
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 95727af4..6f022572 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-include LICENSE
-include CHANGES.txt
-include README.rst
-graft aiomysql
 global-exclude *.pyc *.swp
+exclude .coveragerc
+exclude .flake8
+exclude .github
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude docker-compose.yml
+exclude docs
+exclude examples
+exclude requirements-dev.txt
+exclude tests
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 542b2c20..c37d44c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ FLAGS=
 checkrst:
 	python setup.py check --restructuredtext
 
-pyroma:
-	pyroma -d .
-
 
 flake:checkrst pyroma
 	flake8 aiomysql tests examples
diff --git a/aiomysql/__init__.py b/aiomysql/__init__.py
index 1b08ab56..4eb23438 100644
--- a/aiomysql/__init__.py
+++ b/aiomysql/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 """
 
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 from pymysql.converters import escape_dict, escape_sequence, escape_string
 from pymysql.err import (Warning, Error, InterfaceError, DataError,
                          DatabaseError, OperationalError, IntegrityError,
@@ -33,7 +38,10 @@
 from .cursors import Cursor, SSCursor, DictCursor, SSDictCursor
 from .pool import create_pool, Pool
 
-__version__ = '0.0.22'
+try:
+    __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('aiomysql').version
+except Exception:
+    __version__ = 'unknown'
 
 __all__ = [
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4a4019e1..7809af0c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -32,24 +32,6 @@
 
 import re, os.path
 
-def get_release():
-    regexp = re.compile(r"^__version__\W*=\W*'([\d.abrc]+)'")
-    here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-    root = os.path.dirname(here)
-    init_py = os.path.join(root, 'aiomysql', '__init__.py')
-    with open(init_py) as f:
-        for line in f:
-            match = regexp.match(line)
-            if match is not None:
-                return match.group(1)
-        else:
-            raise RuntimeError('Cannot find version in aiomysql/__init__.py')
-
-
-def get_version(release):
-    parts = release.split('.')
-    return '.'.join(parts[:2])
-
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
@@ -78,13 +60,6 @@ def get_version(release):
 project = 'aiomysql'
 copyright = '2015,2016 Nikolay Novik'
 
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-release = get_release()
-version = get_version(release)
-
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 #language = None
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..031c710a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.4",
+    "wheel",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 86243b3c..0a7f0f1f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ ipdb==0.13.9
 pytest==7.0.1
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest-sugar==0.9.4
-PyMySQL>=1.0.0,<=1.0.2
-sphinx>=1.8.1, <4.4.1
+PyMySQL==1.0.2
+Sphinx>=4.0
 sphinxcontrib-asyncio==0.3.0
-sqlalchemy>1.2.12,<=1.3.24
+sqlalchemy==1.3.24
 uvloop==0.16.0; python_version < '3.11'
-pyroma==3.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 911d8106..d9977b4a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 name = aiomysql
 url = https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql
 download_url = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/aiomysql
+project_urls =
+  CI: GitHub = https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/actions
+  Docs: RTD = https://aiomysql.readthedocs.io/
+  GitHub: issues = https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql/issues
+  GitHub: repo = https://github.com/aio-libs/aiomysql
 description = MySQL driver for asyncio.
 author = Nikolay Novik
 author_email = nickolainovik@gmail.com
@@ -29,10 +34,12 @@ platforms =
   POSIX
 
 [options]
+use_scm_version = True
 python_requires = >=3.7
 include_package_data = True
 
-# runtime requirements
+packages = find:
+
 install_requires =
   PyMySQL>=1.0
 
@@ -41,3 +48,8 @@ sa =
   sqlalchemy>=1.0,<1.4
 rsa =
   PyMySQL[rsa]>=1.0
+
+[options.packages.find]
+exclude =
+  tests
+  tests.*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c46a2c8f..77245175 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 import os
-import re
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
 
 
 def read(f):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), f)).read().strip()
 
 
-def read_version():
-    regexp = re.compile(r"^__version__\W*=\W*'([\d.abrc]+)'")
-    init_py = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
-                           'aiomysql', '__init__.py')
-    with open(init_py) as f:
-        for line in f:
-            match = regexp.match(line)
-            if match is not None:
-                return match.group(1)
-        else:
-            raise RuntimeError('Cannot find version in aiomysql/__init__.py')
-
-
-setup(version=read_version(),
-      long_description='\n\n'.join((read('README.rst'), read('CHANGES.txt'))),
-      packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']))
+setup(
+    long_description='\n\n'.join((read('README.rst'), read('CHANGES.txt'))),
+)