Ok, I think I have misunderstood this...I thought make_apk.py was a stand-alone script, so copying it to, say, ~/bin, would work, and so having to copy a VERSION file too would break that.

Unfortunately, make_apk.py is not like make_xpk.py.

I think *that* is a bad thing on its own....any chance it can be made stand-alone? Perhaps you think there is no point?

If so, then I'm not sure what there is to gain here.

Of course, the make_xpk.py script can still have this change applied since that is standalone (I have copied it into my ~/bin/ directory, for example).