Fix installation with git via pip

[zbeucler2018]

Fixes the bug in this issue

[pseudo-rnd-thoughts]

I don't like this change, doesn't it mean that if it fails, the project will have no __version__?

Could you try using the os.path.abspath(__file__) to see if this fixes the path name

[zbeucler2018]

@pseudo-rnd-thoughts I'm a little confused, could you emphasize further? The reason I had to wrap this in a try/except is because when the project is installed via pip install *.whl or pip install git+... , the retro/VERSION file isnt included in the install, which was the cause of the original bug

[pseudo-rnd-thoughts]

To my understanding, the file is rather retro/../VERSION, i.e., just VERSION in the root folder
We might need to update

stable-retro/setup.py

Line 104 in ee019a6

"VERSION.txt",

to VERSION rather than VERSION.txt but this seems unrelated

[pseudo-rnd-thoughts]

Given that we have fixed this bug, could we remove the try except and the extra if statement at the end?

Otherwise, looks good

[zbeucler2018]

@pseudo-rnd-thoughts unfortunately the bug is still present. The reason is because there is no VERSION file included in the install at all. I've included the VERSION file in MANIFEST.in and made the setup.py edit you suggested and still no luck. What is odd is that the Version field of pip show stable-retro is populated with the correct value. Any ideas? Please see the screenshot for reference

[pseudo-rnd-thoughts]

Trying the colab, I found that none of the package data was included, therefore, I think there is an issue with that.
I found the workaround was to put the VERSION file in retro only.
Previously, the project had two version files however to me this seems like a stupid idea that can cause issues and is easier to have a single file for this.

[zbeucler2018]

I agree, two version files is a bad idea. I can implement that workaround later today

[zbeucler2018]

Issue has been fixed. @pseudo-rnd-thoughts please take another look when you have a free second, thank you!