managed to load VERSION file in yaml file - simplifies things

conda-recipes/build_conda.sh

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-
-SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
-VERSION=$(cat $SCRIPTDIR/../VERSION)
-export VERSION
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]
-then
-    output_dir=$CONDA_PREFIX/conda-bld
-else
-    output_dir=$1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$2" ]
-then
-    recipe=$SCRIPTDIR
-else
-    recipe=$SCRIPTDIR/$2
-fi
-
-echo "building conda package version: $VERSION using recipe $recipe and writing output to $output_dir"
-
-
-conda build $recipe --output-folder $output_dir

conda-recipes/main-library/meta.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#{% set version = load_file('VERSION').strip %}
-package:
-  name: sls_detector_software
-  version: {{ environ.get('VERSION') }} #2025.3.19
-  
 source:
   path: ../..
 
+{% set version = load_file_regex(load_file = 'VERSION', regex_pattern = '(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)').group(1) %}
+package:
+  name: sls_detector_software
+  version: {{ version }} #2025.3.19
+  
 build:
   number: 0
   binary_relocation: True

conda-recipes/python-client/meta.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+source:
+  path: ../..
+
+{% set version = load_file_regex(load_file = 'VERSION', regex_pattern = '(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)').group(1) %}
 
 package:
   name: slsdet
-  version: {{ environ.get('VERSION') }} #2025.3.19
-  
-source:
-  path: ../..
+  version: {{ version }} #
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ requirements:
     - {{ stdlib("c") }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
 
-
   host:
     - cmake
     - ninja