Generate version at build time

src/application.py

@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ bts_access_token = "fe3j2ijirvevv9"
 bts_url = "https://issues.manuelcortez.net"
 update_url = "https://files.mcvsoftware.com/music_dl/update/latest.json"
 version = "2020.07.23"
-update_next_version = "14775226"

src/update/updater.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def do_update(update_type="alpha"):
     if hasattr(sys, "frozen") == False:
         return
     endpoint = application.update_url
-    version = application.update_next_version
+    version = application.version
     try:
         return update.perform_update(endpoint=endpoint, current_version=version, app_name=application.name, update_type=update_type, update_available_callback=available_update_dialog, progress_callback=progress_callback, update_complete_callback=update_finished)
     except ConnectionError:

src/write_version_data.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 """ Write version info (taken from the last commit) to application.py. This method has been implemented this way for running the alpha channel updates.
 This file is not intended to be called by the user. It will be used only by the Gitlab CI runner."""
+import datetime
 import requests
 from codecs import open
 
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ commit = commit_info["short_id"]
 print("Got new version info: {commit}".format(commit=commit,))
 file = open("application.py", "r", encoding="utf-8")
 lines = file.readlines()
-lines[-2] = 'version = "{}"\n'.format(commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
-lines[-1] = 'update_next_version = "{commit}"'.format(commit=commit,)
+version = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+lines[-1] = 'version = "{}"\n'.format(version)
 file.close()
 file2 = open("application.py", "w", encoding="utf-8")
 file2.writelines(lines)
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ print("Wrote application.py with the new version info.")
 print("Updating next version on installer setup...")
 file = open("installer.nsi", "r", encoding="utf-8")
 contents = file.read()
-contents = contents.replace("0.7", commit_info["created_at"][:10].replace("-", "."))
+contents = contents.replace("0.7", version)
 file.close()
 file2 = open("installer.nsi", "w", encoding="utf-8")
 file2.write(contents)