Fix the python and RPM release and version strings

[mambelli]

We need a tagging and versioning scheme that works well for Git, Python and the RPMs.
Currently I've been tagging the RC and dev releases for x.y.(z+1) as x.y.z.postN, but this is causing problems w/ the automatic versions for the tests: x.y.z.postN.postM+VVVV is not a valid pep440 schema.
Then it is not ideal.
I'd like something that gives me good python versions and good RPM versions (with a tag that Git is not complaining about).
~ would be a separator ignored by Python and useful in RPMs but cannot be used in Git tags.
I think setup tools allow functions to convert the version/release strings.
I need something like (git/python -> RPM): 1.2.3 -> 1.2.3-1 , 1.3.0a2 -> 1.3.0~a.2-1, 1.4.2c4 -> 1.4.3-0.4.rc4-1 (1.4.3~c.4-1 acceptable)

[jcpunk]

I've whipped up pypa/setuptools#2778 as a possible way to work around this issue. Currently the %version macro is hard coded to match the version string of the metadata. With this PR merged, I can split out the items from setuptools_scm to get pretty close to what you're after.

[jcpunk]

For now, if you tag as X.Y.ZrcQ that should fix up the actions workflow as X.Y.ZrcQ.postN should be a valid version. That doesn't fix up RPM thinking it is a "bigger" package than the official release, but it would get the workflows passing again.

[StevenCTimm]

Note that in the dev repo 1.7.99.post1 is somehow considered <= 1.7.0.post1 please investigate

[mambelli]

Hi @StevenCTimm, that's strange. For me, it seems to come after. How did it happen to you?

$ rpmdev-vercmp  1.7.99.post1 1.7.0.post1
1.7.99.post1 > 1.7.0.post1
$ yum --enablerepo=ssi-hepcloud-dev list --showduplicates decisionengine\*
...
decisionengine.noarch                                                                1.7.0-1                                                                     ssi-hepcloud-dev
decisionengine.noarch                                                                1.7.0.post1-1                                                               ssi-hepcloud-dev
decisionengine.noarch                                                                1.7.1-1                                                                     ssi-hepcloud
decisionengine.noarch                                                                1.7.99.post1-1                                                              ssi-hepcloud-dev
...

[StevenCTimm]

It seems to be just fermicloud467 that is messed up somehow. fermicloud435 sees the 1.7.99.post1 rpm correctly. Now that I already installed the new rpm by hand on fermicloud467 I can't show what was happening before.

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