Change versioning strategy

SimfPythonGUI/VERSION

+0.0.4-BETA
\ No newline at end of file

SimfPythonGUI/about.py

 from PyQt5 import uic
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog
-import pkg_resources
+import os
 
 
 class AboutDialog(QDialog):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(flags=Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
+        version_file = open(os.path.join('.', 'VERSION'))
+        version = version_file.read().strip()
         uic.loadUi('AboutDialog.ui', self)
         self.show()
-        self.versionLabel.setText(
-            "Version: " +
-            pkg_resources.get_distribution('SimfPythonGUI').version)
-        print(str(pkg_resources.get_distribution('SimfPythonGUI').version))
+        self.versionLabel.setText("Version: " + version)

setup.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import setuptools
+import os
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
+version_file = open(os.path.join('SimfPythonGUI', 'VERSION'))
+version = version_file.read().strip()
+
 setuptools.setup(
     name="SimfPythonGUI",
-    version="0.0.5",
+    version=version,
     author="A.J. Fite, Sara Kipps",
     author_email="me@ajfite.com, skipps@calpoly.edu",
     description="A GUI controller for the closed source SIMF camera capture utility",
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://git.nclf.net/SIMF/simf-python-gui",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
-    package_data={'SimfPythonGUI': ['*.ui']},
+    package_data={'SimfPythonGUI': ['*.ui', 'VERSION']},
     entry_points={
         'gui_scripts': ['simfgui = SimfPythonGUI.guientry:main'],
     },