update CHANGELOG.md and minor fix when reading VERSION

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ v0.12.4 (unreleased)
 * **[qt]** change screen size in headless mode to a more sane value (1366x768)
 * **[qt]** allow screen size in headless mode to be overriden via environment variables
 * **[qt]** fix compilation failure on OS X 10.11 due to usage of deprecated APIs
+* **#1768**: allow using long argument list (without hardcoded limits)
 * **#2004**: **[qt]** fix rendering of form fields in PDF output
 * **#2353**: **[qt]** context.setLineDash doesn't work in Canvas
 * **#2416**: make background transparent by default for headers/footers
+* **#2463**: **[qt]** standardize rendering DPI to 96
 * **#2673**: fail immediately in the build script if the Qt source is not available
 * **#2684**: **[qt]** fix crash in WebKit (RenderBlock::removeFloatingObjectsBelow)
 * **#2885**: enforce UTF-8 encoding for input strings in the API
 * **#2887**: improve docs to make examples of header/footer variables more explicit
+* **#3077**: use correct install path for man pages
 
 v0.12.3 (2016-01-20)
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scripts/build.py

@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def get_registry_value(key, value=None):
 
 def get_version(basedir):
     mkdir_p(basedir)
-    text = open(os.path.join(basedir, '..', 'VERSION'), 'r').read()
+    text = open(os.path.join(basedir, '..', 'VERSION'), 'r').read().strip()
     if '-' not in text:
         return (text, text)
     version = text[:text.index('-')]