[app] add package related files

nixview/info.json

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+{
+  "NAME": "NixView",
+  "VERSION": "0.1",
+  "DESCRIPTION": "Viewer for NIX data files",
+  "AUTHOR": "Jan Grewe, Lorand Madai-Tahy, Alexander Ott, Christian Kellner",
+  "COPYRIGHT": "(c) 2020, Neuroethology lab, Uni Tuebingen",
+  "CONTACT": "jan.grewe@g-node.org",
+  "HOMEPAGE": "https://github.com/bendalab/nixview-python",
+  "CLASSIFIERS": [
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License"
+  ]
+}

nixview/info.py

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+import json
+import os
+
+_HERE = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+with open(os.path.join(_HERE, "info.json")) as infofile:
+    _INFODICT = json.load(infofile)
+
+VERSION = _INFODICT["VERSION"]
+AUTHOR = _INFODICT["AUTHOR"]
+COPYRIGHT = _INFODICT["COPYRIGHT"]
+CONTACT = _INFODICT["CONTACT"]
+HOMEPAGE = _INFODICT["HOMEPAGE"]
+CLASSIFIERS = _INFODICT["CLASSIFIERS"]