packaging: write version in VERSION file (#34881)

MANIFEST.in

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ recursive-include django_journal/locale *.po *.mo
 recursive-include django_journal/static *.css *.png
 include MANIFEST.in
 include README.rst
+include VERSION

setup.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from setuptools.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
 from distutils.command.build import build as _build
-from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist as _sdist
+from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 
 
@@ -60,16 +60,25 @@ class build(_build):
     sub_commands = [('compile_translations', None)] + _build.sub_commands
 
 
-class sdist(_sdist):
-    sub_commands = [('compile_translations', None)] + _sdist.sub_commands
-
-
 class install_lib(_install_lib):
     def run(self):
         self.run_command('compile_translations')
         _install_lib.run(self)
 
 
+class eo_sdist(sdist):
+    def run(self):
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+        version = get_version()
+        version_file = open('VERSION', 'w')
+        version_file.write(version)
+        version_file.close()
+        sdist.run(self)
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+
+
 def get_version():
     '''Use the VERSION, if absent generates a version with git describe, if not
        tag exists, take 0.0- and add the length of the commit log.
@@ -112,7 +121,7 @@ setup(name='django-journal',
           'build': build,
           'install_lib': install_lib,
           'compile_translations': compile_translations,
-          'sdist': sdist,
+          'sdist': eo_sdist,
           'test': test
       },
       install_requires=[