managed to load VERSION file in yaml file - simplifies things

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