changes the means to compute the version for packages #499
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Change the way we compute the version so that github workflows can use this
Version information is kept in the file VERSION. The file contains lines for each version from the most recent to the most distant. Each tab separated line contains a version (of the form v?[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+) and the hash of a git commit that represents that version. Each line may also have a short description separated by a tab.
When a new version is committed, only the VERSION file should be modified and the commit should be tagged (annotated tag) with the version number.