make generated files reproducible Adding a comment to mention that a file is generated is fine. . But this comment must not contain the absolute path of the generating file, which is given by $0. . Hardcoding the file name is not elegant, but it's simple...
Use VERSION file to determine nqp version In upstream, the VERSION file is used as a fallback mechanism to set the version number. However, if a git working copy is found, then the most recent tag is used. This is not the right thing to do in the packaging repository. Thus the `git describe` code needs to be removed.
