commit 59e6d5f15cfaedfd17ce1f9f7291090d37b8589d
Author: Hubert Figuière <hub figuiere net>
Date:   Thu Nov 3 00:20:36 2016 -0400

    NEMIVER_VERSION was never defined properly
    
            * configure.ac: define the version with ac_defines. Properly
            define NEMIVER_VERSION. Use define for AC_INIT
            * README.release.txt: update release document to reflect
            this change.

diff --git a/README.release.txt b/README.release.txt
index a6b6300..ef8aa13 100644
--- a/README.release.txt
+++ b/README.release.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 How to do a Nemiver release
 
 * Make sure configure.ac has the right version variables set
- - These are MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, MICRO_VERSION and the version part of
-  the AC_INIT macro invocation.  Normally these should have been
-  already set, but you never know.
+ - These are nmv_version_major, nmv_version_minor, nmv_version_micro m4_defines.
+   Normally these should have been already set, but you never know.
  - Commit this.
 
 * Update the NEWS file:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb1314c..ddb1c38 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ dnl **************************************************************
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl **************************************************************
 
-MAJOR_VERSION=0
-MINOR_VERSION=9
-MICRO_VERSION=6
+m4_define([nmv_version_major], [0])
+m4_define([nmv_version_minor], [9])
+m4_define([nmv_version_micro], [6])
+m4_define([nmv_version], [nmv_version_major.nmv_version_minor.nmv_version_micro])
 
 AC_INIT([nemiver],
-        [0.9.6],
+        [nmv_version],
         [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=nemiver],
         [nemiver],
         [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nemiver])
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ dnl compilation output.
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
 
-NEMIVER_VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$MICRO_VERSION"
+NEMIVER_VERSION="nmv_version"
 AC_SUBST(NEMIVER_VERSION)
 
 dnl ************************************************************
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT
 
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([
 =================================================================
-         Nemiver: $MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$MICRO_VERSION
+         Nemiver: $NEMIVER_VERSION
 =================================================================
         Here is the configuration of the package: