Get version number for Sphinx docs from VERSION

Author: jdemeyer

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'1.0.0'
+version = open("../../VERSION").read().strip()
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'1.0.0'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.