-__version__ = '.'.join \
- ([str(x) for x in [AUBIO_MAJOR_VERSION, AUBIO_MINOR_VERSION, AUBIO_PATCH_VERSION]]) \
- + AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS
+
+if AUBIO_MAJOR_VERSION is None or AUBIO_MINOR_VERSION is None \
+ or AUBIO_PATCH_VERSION is None:
+ raise SystemError("Failed parsing VERSION file.")
+
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, [AUBIO_MAJOR_VERSION,
+ AUBIO_MINOR_VERSION,
+ AUBIO_PATCH_VERSION]))
+if AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS is not None:
+ if AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS.startswith('~'):
+ AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS = AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS[1:]
+ __version__ += AUBIO_VERSION_STATUS