improve version string validation in version_info_templater.py

Author: nicogodet

builder/version_info_templater.py

@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@
 
 # Define a regular expression pattern to match the version string
 pattern = re.compile(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)")
-semver = pattern.match(__about__.__version__).groups()
+match = pattern.search(__about__.__version__)
+if match:
+    semver = match.groups()
+else:
+    raise ValueError(
+        f"Invalid version format: {__about__.__version__}. "
+        "Expected at least 'X.Y.Z' at the start."
+    )
 
 
 REPLACEMENT_VALUES = {