move VERSION into a .py file that gets directly parsed by setup.py

avoids possible issues with pyinstaller

masque/VERSION

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.2

masque/VERSION.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+""" VERSION defintion. THIS FILE IS MANUALLY PARSED BY setup.py and REQUIRES A SPECIFIC FORMAT """
+__version__ = '''
+2.2
+'''

masque/__init__.py

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
   otherwise noted, assume that arguments are stored by-reference.
 """
 
-import pathlib
-
 from .error import PatternError, PatternLockedError
 from .shapes import Shape
 from .label import Label
@@ -30,6 +28,5 @@ from .library import Library
 
 __author__ = 'Jan Petykiewicz'
 
-with open(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'VERSION', 'r') as f:
-    __version__ = f.read().strip()
-version = __version__
+from .VERSION import __version__
+version = __version__       # legacy

setup.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-with open('masque/VERSION', 'r') as f:
-    version = f.read().strip()
+with open('masque/VERSION.py', 'rt') as f:
+    version = f.readlines()[2].strip()
 
 setup(name='masque',
       version=version,
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ setup(name='masque',
       url='https://mpxd.net/code/jan/masque',
       packages=find_packages(),
       package_data={
-          'masque': ['VERSION',
-                     'py.typed',
+          'masque': ['py.typed',
                      ]
       },
       install_requires=[