use a standard file to define the version read in setup.py

old way was using a json item in the doc folder. It is deprecated as now all metadata about plugins is feteched from pypi simple
PyMoDAQ · Jul 25, 2022 · 7f5abe3 · 7f5abe3
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import json
+from pathlib import Path
 
-with open('./src/pymodaq_plugin_manager/data/PluginList.json') as f:
-    version = json.load(f)['version']
+with open(str(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(f'src/pymodaq_plugin_manager/VERSION')), 'r') as fvers:
+    version = fvers.read().strip()
 
 with open('README_base.md') as fd:
     long_description = fd.read()

diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugin_manager/VERSION b/src/pymodaq_plugin_manager/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.18