Remove automatic versioning

Author: kennknowles

jsonpath_rw/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .jsonpath import *
 from .parser import parse
-from .version import __version__
+
+__version__ = '1.2.3a1'

jsonpath_rw/version.py

@@ -4,40 +4,16 @@
 import os.path
 import subprocess
 
-VERSION_PATH='jsonpath_rw/VERSION'
-
-# Ensure that the VERSION file is shipped with the distribution
-if 'sdist' in sys.argv:
-    import jsonpath_rw.version
-    with io.open(VERSION_PATH, 'w', encoding='ascii') as fh:
-        fh.write(jsonpath_rw.version.git_version())
-
-# This requires either jsonpath_rw/VERSION or to be in a git clone (as does the package in general)
-# This is identical to code in jsonpath_rw.version. It would be nice to re-use but importing requires all deps
-def stored_version():
-    if os.path.exists(VERSION_PATH):
-        with io.open(VERSION_PATH, encoding='ascii') as fh:
-            return fh.read().strip()
-    else:
-        return None
-
-def git_version():
-    described_version_bytes = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
-    return described_version_bytes.decode('ascii')
-
-version = stored_version() or git_version()
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name='jsonpath-rw',
-    version=version,
+    version='1.2.3a1',
     description='A robust and significantly extended implementation of JSONPath for Python, with a clear AST for metaprogramming.',
     author='Kenneth Knowles',
     author_email='kenn.knowles@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/kennknowles/python-jsonpath-rw',
     license='Apache 2.0',
     long_description=io.open('README.rst', encoding='utf-8').read(),
     packages = ['jsonpath_rw'],
-    package_data = {'': ['VERSION']},
     test_suite = 'tests',
     install_requires = [ 'ply', 'decorator', 'six' ],
     classifiers = [