[DRE-maint] Bug#918916: Unicorn not reporting proper version for gemfile?

[Eric Wong]

(unicorn upstream here, adding unicorn-public to Cc,
 for context: <https://bugs.debian.org/918916> )

Dominik George <natureshadow at debian.org> wrote:
> +--- a/unicorn.gemspec
> ++++ b/unicorn.gemspec
> +@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ end.compact
> + 
> + Gem::Specification.new do |s|
> +   s.name = %q{unicorn}
> +-  s.version = (ENV['VERSION'] || '5.4.1').dup
> ++  s.version = '5.4.1'

Why is ignoring ENV['VERSION'] necessary for the Debian build?
I can probably remove that check if desired from the upstream
package before the 5.5.0 release.