Set version in pyproject.toml and remove VERSION

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
-include VERSION
 recursive-include aerospike-client-c *
 recursive-include scripts *
 recursive-include src *

pyproject.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "aerospike"
 description = "Aerospike Client Library for Python"
+version = "14.0.0"
 authors = [
     {name = "Aerospike, Inc.", email = "[email protected]"}
 ]
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Topic :: Database"
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://aerospike.com"

setup.py

@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@
 with io.open(os.path.join(CWD, 'README.rst'), "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-# Get the version from the relevant file
-with io.open(os.path.join(CWD, 'VERSION'), "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    version = f.read()
-
 BASEPATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 CCLIENT_PATH = os.path.join(BASEPATH, 'aerospike-client-c')
 
@@ -277,7 +273,6 @@ def clean():
 
 
 setup(
-    version=version.strip(),
     # Data files
     ext_modules=[
         Extension(