Apply this patch to "_version.py" to get Miniver to calculate the
 version using unannotated tags in addition to annotated tags.
 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def get_version_from_git():
      for opts in [["--first-parent"], []]:

          try:
              p = subprocess.Popen(

 -                ["git", "describe", "--long", "--always"] + opts,
 +                ["git", "describe", "--long", "--always", "--tags"] + opts,

                  cwd=distr_root,

                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE,