Apply this patch to '_version.py' to get Miniver to calculate
the version using unannotated tags in addition to annotated tags
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ 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)
         except OSError: