Do not record year of build

This value becomes part of get_version_info output, but if it is changing every year without any other change, it cannot be a useful indicator of anything. Using a constant value, makes the package build reproducible. See https://reproducible-builds.org/ for why this is good.

Do not record year of build
853d9c08 · Bernhard M. Wiedemann · 6fcc20ec · 853d9c08
Commit 853d9c08 authored Aug 29, 2018 by Bernhard M. Wiedemann
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--- a/methods.py
+++ b/methods.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def update_version(module_version_string=""):
    f.write("#define VERSION_STATUS \"" + str(version.status) + "\"\n")
    f.write("#define VERSION_BUILD \"" + str(build_name) + "\"\n")
    f.write("#define VERSION_MODULE_CONFIG \"" + str(version.module_config) + module_version_string + "\"\n")
-    f.write("#define VERSION_YEAR " + str(datetime.datetime.now().year) + "\n")
+    f.write("#define VERSION_YEAR " + str(2018) + "\n")
    f.close()

    # NOTE: It is safe to generate this file here, since this is still executed serially