make sure __init__ only reads the VERSION file

and never writes it. The file /alot/VERSION
will be provided in the future and contain the
release version string. setup.py will try to overwrite this with the result of `git describe` which will suceed only if
we are on a git checkout.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ea04992..45f72cd0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ from distutils.core import setup
 import alot
 
 
+
 setup(name='alot',
-      version=alot.__version__,
+      version=alot.version.read_version(),
       description=alot.__description__,
       author=alot.__author__,
       author_email=alot.__author_email__,