diff --git a/app/email.py b/app/email.py
index f2d8164d..226429df 100644
--- a/app/email.py
+++ b/app/email.py
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@ def send_async_email(app, msg):
         mail.send(msg)
 
 
-def send_email(subject, sender, recipients, text_body, html_body):
+def send_email(
+    subject: str, sender: str, recipients: list, text_body: str, html_body=""
+):
+    """
+    Send an email
+    If html_body is specified, build a multipart message with HTML content,
+    else send a plain text email.
+    """
     msg = Message(subject, sender=sender, recipients=recipients)
     msg.body = text_body
     msg.html = html_body
+    send_message(msg)
+
+
+def send_message(msg):
     Thread(
         target=send_async_email, args=(current_app._get_current_object(), msg)
     ).start()
diff --git a/app/scodoc/notes_log.py b/app/scodoc/notes_log.py
index 07813734..6f91ec12 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/notes_log.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/notes_log.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 import os
 import time
 import traceback
-from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
-from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from email.header import Header
 
 from flask import g, current_app
 
+from app import email
+
 """Simple & stupid file logguer, used only to debug
    (logging to SQL is done in scolog)
 """
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ DEFAULT_LOG_DIR = (
     "/opt/scodoc-data/log"  # clients should call set_log_directory to change this
 )
 
-ALARM_DESTINATION = "emmanuel.viennet@gmail.com"  # XXX a mettre en preference
+ALARM_DESTINATION = "emmanuel@scodoc.org"
 
 
 class _logguer(object):
@@ -66,20 +65,11 @@ log = _logguer()
 
 
 # Alarms by email:
-def sendAlarm(subj, txt):
-    from . import sco_utils
-    from . import sco_emails
-    from . import sco_preferences
+def sendAlarm(subject, txt):
+    from app.scodoc import sco_preferences
 
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    subj = Header(subj, sco_utils.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["Subject"] = subj
-    msg["From"] = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr")
-    msg["To"] = ALARM_DESTINATION
-    msg.epilogue = ""
-    txt = MIMEText(txt, "plain", sco_utils.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg.attach(txt)
-    sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)
+    sender = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr")
+    email.send_email(subject, sender, [ALARM_DESTINATION], txt)
 
 
 # Debug: log call stack
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_abs_notification.py b/app/scodoc/sco_abs_notification.py
index c397c73f..5ac4315e 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_abs_notification.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_abs_notification.py
@@ -33,13 +33,9 @@ Il suffit d'appeler abs_notify() après chaque ajout d'absence.
 """
 import datetime
 
-from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
-from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from email.header import Header
-
 from flask import g, url_for
+from flask_mail import Message
 
-from app.scodoc import sco_emails
 import app.scodoc.notesdb as ndb
 import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
 from app.scodoc.notes_log import log
@@ -48,6 +44,7 @@ from app.scodoc import sco_etud
 from app.scodoc import sco_formsemestre
 from app.scodoc import sco_preferences
 from app.scodoc import sco_users
+from app import email
 
 
 def abs_notify(etudid, date):
@@ -108,12 +105,11 @@ def abs_notify_send(destinations, etudid, msg, nbabs, nbabsjust, formsemestre_id
     cnx = ndb.GetDBConnexion()
     log("abs_notify: sending notification to %s" % destinations)
     cursor = cnx.cursor(cursor_factory=ndb.ScoDocCursor)
-    for email in destinations:
-        del msg["To"]
-        msg["To"] = email
-        sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)
+    for dest_addr in destinations:
+        msg.recipients = [dest_addr]
+        email.send_message(msg)
         ndb.SimpleQuery(
-            """insert into absences_notifications 
+            """INSERT into absences_notifications
             (etudid, email, nbabs, nbabsjust, formsemestre_id)
             VALUES (%(etudid)s, %(email)s, %(nbabs)s, %(nbabsjust)s, %(formsemestre_id)s)
             """,
@@ -229,7 +225,8 @@ def user_nbdays_since_last_notif(email_addr, etudid):
 
 def abs_notification_message(sem, prefs, etudid, nbabs, nbabsjust):
     """Mime notification message based on template.
-    returns None if sending should be canceled (emplty template).
+    returns a Message instance
+    or None if sending should be canceled (empty template).
     """
     from app.scodoc import sco_bulletins
 
@@ -252,14 +249,9 @@ def abs_notification_message(sem, prefs, etudid, nbabs, nbabsjust):
         log("abs_notification_message: empty template, not sending message")
         return None
 
-    subject = """Trop d'absences pour %(nomprenom)s""" % etud
-    #
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    subj = Header("[ScoDoc] " + subject, scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["Subject"] = subj
-    msg["From"] = prefs["email_from_addr"]
-    txt = MIMEText(txt, "plain", scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg.attach(txt)
+    subject = """[ScoDoc] Trop d'absences pour %(nomprenom)s""" % etud
+    msg = Message(subject, sender=prefs["email_from_addr"])
+    msg.body = txt
     return msg
 
 
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_bulletins.py b/app/scodoc/sco_bulletins.py
index 9cbff155..c1ce03ef 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_bulletins.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_bulletins.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import six.moves.urllib.request, six.moves.urllib.parse, six.moves.urllib.error
 from flask import g
 from flask import url_for
 from flask_login import current_user
+from flask_mail import Message
 
-from app.scodoc import sco_emails
 import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
 import app.scodoc.notesdb as ndb
 from app.scodoc.notes_log import log
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ from app.scodoc import sco_photos
 from app.scodoc import sco_preferences
 from app.scodoc import sco_pvjury
 from app.scodoc import sco_users
-
+from app import email
 
 # ----- CLASSES DE BULLETINS DE NOTES
 from app.scodoc import sco_bulletins_standard
@@ -983,28 +983,21 @@ def mail_bulletin(formsemestre_id, I, pdfdata, filename, recipient_addr):
             etud["etudid"], with_evals=False, format="text"
         )
 
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    subj = Header("Relevé de notes de %s" % etud["nomprenom"], scu.SCO_ENCODING)
+    subject = "Relevé de notes de %s" % etud["nomprenom"]
     recipients = [recipient_addr]
-    msg["Subject"] = subj
-    msg["From"] = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr", formsemestre_id)
-    msg["To"] = " ,".join(recipients)
+    sender = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr", formsemestre_id)
     if copy_addr:
-        msg["Bcc"] = copy_addr.strip()
-    # Guarantees the message ends in a newline
-    msg.epilogue = ""
-    # Text
-    txt = MIMEText(hea, "plain", scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    # log('hea:\n' + hea)
-    msg.attach(txt)
+        bcc = copy_addr.strip()
+    else:
+        bcc = ""
+    msg = Message(subject, sender=sender, recipients=recipients, bcc=bcc)
+    msg.body = hea
+
     # Attach pdf
-    att = MIMEBase("application", "pdf")
-    att.add_header("Content-Disposition", "attachment", filename=filename)
-    att.set_payload(pdfdata)
-    email.encoders.encode_base64(att)
-    msg.attach(att)
-    log("mail bulletin a %s" % msg["To"])
-    sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)
+    msg.attach(filename, scu.PDF_MIMETYPE, pdfdata)
+
+    log("mail bulletin a %s" % recipient_addr)
+    email.send_message(msg)
 
 
 def _formsemestre_bulletinetud_header_html(
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_emails.py b/app/scodoc/sco_emails.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a50db77f..00000000
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_emails.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: python -*-
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-##############################################################################
-#
-# Gestion scolarite IUT
-#
-# Copyright (c) 1999 - 2021 Emmanuel Viennet.  All rights reserved.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-#
-#   Emmanuel Viennet      emmanuel.viennet@viennet.net
-#
-##############################################################################
-
-"""Gestion des emails
-"""
-
-from flask import request
-
-
-# XXX WIP: à ré-écrire pour ScoDoc 8 (étaient des méthodes de ZScoDoc)
-import os
-import time
-
-# from email.MIMEMultipart import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-#     MIMEMultipart,
-# )
-# from email.MIMEText import MIMEText  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-# from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-# from email.Header import Header  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-# from email import Encoders  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-error
-
-import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
-from app.scodoc.notes_log import log
-import sco_version
-
-
-def sendEmail(msg):  # TODO A REECRIRE ScoDoc8
-    """Send an email to the address using the mailhost, if there is one."""
-    raise NotImplementedError()
-    try:
-        mail_host = xxx.MailHost
-    except:
-        log("warning: sendEmail: no MailHost found !")
-        return
-    # a failed notification shouldn't cause a Zope error on a site.
-    try:
-        mail_host.send(msg.as_string())
-        log("sendEmail: ok")
-    except Exception as e:
-        log("sendEmail: exception while sending message")
-        log(e)
-        pass
-
-
-def sendEmailFromException(msg):
-    # Send email by hand, as it seems to be not possible to use Zope Mail Host
-    # from an exception handler (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/246748)
-    log("sendEmailFromException")
-    try:
-        p = os.popen("sendmail -t", "w")  # old brute force method
-        p.write(msg.as_string())
-        exitcode = p.close()
-        if exitcode:
-            log("sendmail exit code: %s" % exitcode)
-    except:
-        log("an exception occurred sending mail")
-
-
-def send_debug_alert(txt, REQUEST=None):
-    """Send an alert email (bug report) to ScoDoc developpers"""
-    if not scu.SCO_EXC_MAIL:
-        log("send_debug_alert: email disabled")
-        return
-    if REQUEST:
-        txt = _report_request(REQUEST) + txt
-        URL = REQUEST.URL
-    else:
-        URL = "send_debug_alert"
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    subj = Header("[scodoc] exc %s" % URL, scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["Subject"] = subj
-    recipients = [scu.SCO_EXC_MAIL]
-    msg["To"] = " ,".join(recipients)
-    msg["From"] = "scodoc-alert"
-    msg.epilogue = ""
-    msg.attach(MIMEText(txt, "plain", scu.SCO_ENCODING))
-    sendEmailFromException(msg)
-    log("Sent mail alert:\n" + txt)
-
-
-def _report_request(REQUEST, fmt="txt"):
-    """string describing current request for bug reports"""
-    QUERY_STRING = REQUEST.QUERY_STRING
-    if QUERY_STRING:
-        QUERY_STRING = "?" + QUERY_STRING
-    if fmt == "txt":
-        REFERER = request.referrer
-        HTTP_USER_AGENT = request.user_agent
-    else:
-        REFERER = "na"
-        HTTP_USER_AGENT = "na"
-
-    params = dict(
-        AUTHENTICATED_USER=REQUEST.AUTHENTICATED_USER,
-        dt=time.asctime(),
-        URL=REQUEST.URL,
-        QUERY_STRING=QUERY_STRING,
-        METHOD=request.method,
-        REFERER=REFERER,
-        HTTP_USER_AGENT=HTTP_USER_AGENT,
-        form=REQUEST.form,
-        HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR="?",
-        SCOVERSION=sco_version.SCOVERSION,
-    )
-    txt = (
-        """
-Version: %(SCOVERSION)s
-User:    %(AUTHENTICATED_USER)s
-Date:    %(dt)s
-URL:     %(URL)s%(QUERY_STRING)s
-Method:  %(METHOD)s
-
-REFERER: %(REFERER)s
-Form: %(form)s
-Origin: %(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)s
-Agent: %(HTTP_USER_AGENT)s
-"""
-        % params
-    )
-    if fmt == "html":
-        txt = txt.replace("\n", "<br/>")
-    return txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_etud.py b/app/scodoc/sco_etud.py
index 0d8682a5..7915b0af 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_etud.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_etud.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ from email.header import Header
 from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-from app.scodoc import sco_emails
 import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
 from app.scodoc.sco_utils import SCO_ENCODING
 import app.scodoc.notesdb as ndb
@@ -51,6 +50,8 @@ from app.scodoc.TrivialFormulator import TrivialFormulator
 from app.scodoc import safehtml
 from app.scodoc import sco_preferences
 from app.scodoc.scolog import logdb
+from flask_mail import Message
+from app import mail
 
 MONTH_NAMES_ABBREV = [
     "Jan ",
@@ -454,14 +455,9 @@ def notify_etud_change(email_addr, etud, before, after, subject):
     log("notify_etud_change: sending notification to %s" % email_addr)
     log("notify_etud_change: subject: %s" % subject)
     log(txt)
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    subj = Header("[ScoDoc] " + subject, SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["Subject"] = subj
-    msg["From"] = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr")
-    msg["To"] = email_addr
-    mime_txt = MIMEText(txt, "plain", SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg.attach(mime_txt)
-    sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)
+    mail.send_email(
+        subject, sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr"), [email_addr], txt
+    )
     return txt
 
 
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_import_users.py b/app/scodoc/sco_import_users.py
index 81ba3a4e..3a46257c 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_import_users.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_import_users.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.header import Header
 
 from app import db, Departement
-from app.scodoc import sco_emails
 import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
 from app.scodoc.notes_log import log
 from app.scodoc.sco_exceptions import AccessDenied, ScoValueError, ScoException
@@ -47,6 +46,9 @@ from flask import g
 from flask_login import current_user
 from app.auth.models import User, UserRole
 
+from app import email
+
+
 TITLES = ("user_name", "nom", "prenom", "email", "roles", "dept")
 COMMENTS = (
     """user_name:
@@ -335,12 +337,8 @@ Pour plus d'informations sur ce logiciel, voir %s
     )
     msg = MIMEMultipart()
     if reset:
-        msg["Subject"] = Header("Mot de passe ScoDoc", scu.SCO_ENCODING)
+        subject = "Mot de passe ScoDoc"
     else:
-        msg["Subject"] = Header("Votre accès ScoDoc", scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["From"] = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr")
-    msg["To"] = u["email"]
-    msg.epilogue = ""
-    txt = MIMEText(txt, "plain", scu.SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg.attach(txt)
-    # sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)  # TODO ScoDoc9 pending function
+        subject = "Votre accès ScoDoc"
+    sender = sco_preferences.get_preference("email_from_addr")
+    email.send_email(subject, sender, [u["email"]], txt)
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_news.py b/app/scodoc/sco_news.py
index a564bfd8..22d50fae 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_news.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_news.py
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@
 
 """Gestion des "nouvelles"
 """
-import datetime
 import re
 import time
 
-from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
-from email.mime.text import MIMEText
-from email.header import Header
+
 from operator import itemgetter
 
 from flask import g
@@ -42,13 +39,12 @@ from flask_login import current_user
 import app.scodoc.sco_utils as scu
 import app.scodoc.notesdb as ndb
 from app.scodoc.notes_log import log
-from app.scodoc import safehtml
-from app.scodoc import sco_emails
-from app.scodoc.sco_utils import SCO_ENCODING, SCO_ANNONCES_WEBSITE
 from app.scodoc import sco_formsemestre
 from app.scodoc import sco_moduleimpl
 from app.scodoc import sco_preferences
 from app.scodoc import sco_users
+from app import email
+
 
 _scolar_news_editor = ndb.EditableTable(
     "scolar_news",
@@ -225,7 +221,7 @@ def scolar_news_summary_html(n=5):
     abonner à la liste de diffusion</a>.
     </div>
     """
-        % SCO_ANNONCES_WEBSITE
+        % scu.SCO_ANNONCES_WEBSITE
     )
 
     H.append("</div>")
@@ -270,15 +266,7 @@ def _send_news_by_mail(n):
     # (si on veut des messages non html)
     txt = re.sub(r'<a.*?href\s*=\s*"(.*?)".*?>(.*?)</a>', r"\2: \1", txt)
 
-    msg = MIMEMultipart()
-    msg["Subject"] = Header("[ScoDoc] " + NEWS_MAP.get(n["type"], "?"), SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg["From"] = prefs["email_from_addr"]
-    txt = MIMEText(txt, "plain", SCO_ENCODING)
-    msg.attach(txt)
+    subject = "[ScoDoc] " + NEWS_MAP.get(n["type"], "?")
+    sender = prefs["email_from_addr"]
 
-    for email_addr in destinations:
-        if email_addr:
-            del msg["To"]
-            msg["To"] = email_addr
-            # log('xxx mail: %s' % msg)
-            sco_emails.sendEmail(msg)
+    email.send_email(subject, sender, destinations, txt)
diff --git a/app/scodoc/sco_utils.py b/app/scodoc/sco_utils.py
index 72aba2be..1a541044 100644
--- a/app/scodoc/sco_utils.py
+++ b/app/scodoc/sco_utils.py
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def sendResult(REQUEST, data, name=None, format=None, force_outer_xml_tag=True):
 
 def get_scodoc_version():
     "return a string identifying ScoDoc version"
-    return os.popen("cd %s; ./get_scodoc_version.sh -s" % SCO_TOOLS_DIR).read().strip()
+    return sco_version.SCOVERSION
 
 
 def check_scodoc7_password(scodoc7_hash, password):
diff --git a/app/static/icons/scologo_img.png b/app/static/icons/scologo_img.png
index 2c55de0f..830e1266 100644
Binary files a/app/static/icons/scologo_img.png and b/app/static/icons/scologo_img.png differ
diff --git a/sco_version.py b/sco_version.py
index b07e5945..c696a09d 100644
--- a/sco_version.py
+++ b/sco_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- mode: python -*-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-SCOVERSION = "9.0.2"
+SCOVERSION = "9.0.3"
 
 SCONAME = "ScoDoc"
 
diff --git a/tools/build_release.sh b/tools/build_release.sh
index 13b0564a..35c2e379 100644
--- a/tools/build_release.sh
+++ b/tools/build_release.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Préparation d'une release ScoDoc:
 # Utilise jq sur Debian 11 VM
+apt-get install jq
+
 
 # Le répertoire de ce script: .../scodoc/tools
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ SCODOC_RELEASE=$(grep SCOVERSION "$SCRIPT_DIR/../sco_version.py" | awk '{ print
 # Dernière release
 GITEA_RELEASE_URL="https://scodoc.org/git/api/v1/repos/viennet/ScoDoc/releases?pre-release=true" 
 
-LAST_RELEASE_TAG=$(curl "$GITEA_RELEASE_URL" | jq ".[].tag_name" | sort | tail -1 | awk '{ print substr($1, 1, length($1)) }')
+LAST_RELEASE_TAG=$(curl "$GITEA_RELEASE_URL" | jq ".[].tag_name" | sort | tail -1 | awk '{ print substr($1, 2, length($1)-2) }')
 
 echo 
 echo "Version détectée dans le source: $SCODOC_RELEASE"
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ SCODOC_DIR="$optdir"/scodoc
 [ -d "$SCODOC_DIR" ] || die "die Erreur: $SCODOC_DIR inexistant"
 
 # Inject version (eg 9.0.2) in debian:control
-sed -i.bak "s/Version: x.y.z/Version: $PACKAGE_VERSION/g"  /tmp/control
+sed -i.bak "s/Version: x.y.z/Version: $PACKAGE_VERSION/g" "$SCODOC_DIR/tools/debian/control"
 # and double check
 v=$(grep Version "$SCODOC_DIR/tools/debian/control" | awk '{ print $2 }')
 if [ "$v" != "$PACKAGE_VERSION" ]
@@ -106,7 +108,20 @@ chmod 755 "$slash"/DEBIAN/*inst || die "can't chmod debian scripts"
 
 # -------- THE END
 echo "Terminé."
-echo "Après vérification, construire le paquet .deb avec:"
-echo "  dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group $DEST_DIR"
+
+echo -n "Voulez-vous poursuivre et construire le .deb ? (y/n) [y] "
+read -r ans
+if [ "$(norm_ans "$ans")" != 'N' ]
+then
+  echo "ok"
+else
+  echo "arrêt."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group $DEST_DIR
+DEB_FILE="$DEST_DIR".deb
+echo "paquet construit: $DEB_FILE"
+
 
 
diff --git a/tools/configure-scodoc9.sh b/tools/configure-scodoc9.sh
index 0f2f694f..2c60d156 100755
--- a/tools/configure-scodoc9.sh
+++ b/tools/configure-scodoc9.sh
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ change_scodoc_file_ownership
 # ------------ CREATION BASE DE DONNEES
 echo 
 echo "Voulez-vous créer la base SQL SCODOC ?"
-echo "répondre O sauf si vous avez déjà une base existante"
-echo "que vous souhaitez conserver."
+echo "répondre oui sauf si vous avez déjà une base existante"
+echo "que vous souhaitez conserver (mais pour les migrations, répondre oui)."
 echo -n 'Créer la base de données SCODOC ? (y/n) [y] '
 read -r ans
 if [ "$(norm_ans "$ans")" != 'N' ]
diff --git a/tools/get_scodoc_version.sh b/tools/get_scodoc_version.sh
index 767eec45..9c06bfca 100755
--- a/tools/get_scodoc_version.sh
+++ b/tools/get_scodoc_version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Script non utilisé
+
 # Get version information
 # Use VERSION.py, VERSION, last commit, diff, and last upstream commit date
 
@@ -10,11 +12,10 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/config.sh"
 source "$SCRIPT_DIR/utils.sh"
 
 # Source code version:
-x=$(grep SCOVERSION "$SCODOC_DIR/app/scodoc/VERSION.py") || terminate "can't access VERSION.py" 1
-x=${x#*\"}
-src_version=${x%\"*}
+src_version=$(grep SCOVERSION "$SCRIPT_DIR/../sco_version.py" | awk '{ print substr($3, 2, length($3)-2) }')
 
-release_version=$(cat "$SCODOC_DIR/VERSION")
+
+release_version=""
 
 git status >& /dev/null
 if [ $? = 0 ]