build: rename swarm deb package to ethereum-swarm; change swarm deb version from 1.8.x to 0.3.x (#16988)

* build: add support for different package and binary names

* build: bump up copyright date

* build: change default PackageName to empty string

* build, internal, swarm: enhance build/release process

* build: hack ethereum-swarm as a "depends" in deb package

* build/ci: remove redundant variables

* build, cmd, mobile, params, swarm: remove VERSION file; rename Version to VersionMeta;

* internal: remove VERSION() method which reads VERSION file

* build: fix VersionFilePath to Version

* Makefile: remove clean_go_build_cache.sh until it works

* Makefile: revert removal of clean_go_build_cache.sh

26 files changed, 277 insertions, 96 deletions

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 59009bc57..000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.8.13
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 2aa85edb4..b3a986dca 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/build"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	sv "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -77,46 +79,74 @@ var (
 		executablePath("geth"),
 		executablePath("puppeth"),
 		executablePath("rlpdump"),
-		executablePath("swarm"),
 		executablePath("wnode"),
 	}
 
+	// Files that end up in the swarm*.zip archive.
+	swarmArchiveFiles = []string{
+		"COPYING",
+		executablePath("swarm"),
+	}
+
 	// A debian package is created for all executables listed here.
 	debExecutables = []debExecutable{
 		{
-			Name:        "abigen",
+			BinaryName:  "abigen",
 			Description: "Source code generator to convert Ethereum contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "bootnode",
+			BinaryName:  "bootnode",
 			Description: "Ethereum bootnode.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "evm",
+			BinaryName:  "evm",
 			Description: "Developer utility version of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) that is capable of running bytecode snippets within a configurable environment and execution mode.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "geth",
+			BinaryName:  "geth",
 			Description: "Ethereum CLI client.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "puppeth",
+			BinaryName:  "puppeth",
 			Description: "Ethereum private network manager.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "rlpdump",
+			BinaryName:  "rlpdump",
 			Description: "Developer utility tool that prints RLP structures.",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:        "swarm",
-			Description: "Ethereum Swarm daemon and tools",
+			BinaryName:  "wnode",
+			Description: "Ethereum Whisper diagnostic tool",
 		},
+	}
+
+	// A debian package is created for all executables listed here.
+	debSwarmExecutables = []debExecutable{
 		{
-			Name:        "wnode",
-			Description: "Ethereum Whisper diagnostic tool",
+			BinaryName:  "swarm",
+			PackageName: "ethereum-swarm",
+			Description: "Ethereum Swarm daemon and tools",
 		},
 	}
 
+	debEthereum = debPackage{
+		Name:        "ethereum",
+		Version:     params.Version,
+		Executables: debExecutables,
+	}
+
+	debSwarm = debPackage{
+		Name:        "ethereum-swarm",
+		Version:     sv.Version,
+		Executables: debSwarmExecutables,
+	}
+
+	// Debian meta packages to build and push to Ubuntu PPA
+	debPackages = []debPackage{
+		debSwarm,
+		debEthereum,
+	}
+
 	// Distros for which packages are created.
 	// Note: vivid is unsupported because there is no golang-1.6 package for it.
 	// Note: wily is unsupported because it was officially deprecated on lanchpad.
@@ -351,7 +381,6 @@ func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 }
 
 // Release Packaging
-
 func doArchive(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
 		arch   = flag.String("arch", runtime.GOARCH, "Architecture cross packaging")
@@ -371,10 +400,14 @@ func doArchive(cmdline []string) {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		env      = build.Env()
-		base     = archiveBasename(*arch, env)
-		geth     = "geth-" + base + ext
-		alltools = "geth-alltools-" + base + ext
+		env = build.Env()
+
+		basegeth = archiveBasename(*arch, params.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit))
+		geth     = "geth-" + basegeth + ext
+		alltools = "geth-alltools-" + basegeth + ext
+
+		baseswarm = archiveBasename(*arch, sv.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit))
+		swarm     = "swarm-" + baseswarm + ext
 	)
 	maybeSkipArchive(env)
 	if err := build.WriteArchive(geth, gethArchiveFiles); err != nil {
@@ -383,14 +416,17 @@ func doArchive(cmdline []string) {
 	if err := build.WriteArchive(alltools, allToolsArchiveFiles); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	for _, archive := range []string{geth, alltools} {
+	if err := build.WriteArchive(swarm, swarmArchiveFiles); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, archive := range []string{geth, alltools, swarm} {
 		if err := archiveUpload(archive, *upload, *signer); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func archiveBasename(arch string, env build.Environment) string {
+func archiveBasename(arch string, archiveVersion string) string {
 	platform := runtime.GOOS + "-" + arch
 	if arch == "arm" {
 		platform += os.Getenv("GOARM")
@@ -401,18 +437,7 @@ func archiveBasename(arch string, env build.Environment) string {
 	if arch == "ios" {
 		platform = "ios-all"
 	}
-	return platform + "-" + archiveVersion(env)
-}
-
-func archiveVersion(env build.Environment) string {
-	version := build.VERSION()
-	if isUnstableBuild(env) {
-		version += "-unstable"
-	}
-	if env.Commit != "" {
-		version += "-" + env.Commit[:8]
-	}
-	return version
+	return platform + "-" + archiveVersion
 }
 
 func archiveUpload(archive string, blobstore string, signer string) error {
@@ -462,7 +487,6 @@ func maybeSkipArchive(env build.Environment) {
 }
 
 // Debian Packaging
-
 func doDebianSource(cmdline []string) {
 	var (
 		signer  = flag.String("signer", "", `Signing key name, also used as package author`)
@@ -486,21 +510,23 @@ func doDebianSource(cmdline []string) {
 		build.MustRun(gpg)
 	}
 
-	// Create the packages.
-	for _, distro := range debDistros {
-		meta := newDebMetadata(distro, *signer, env, now)
-		pkgdir := stageDebianSource(*workdir, meta)
-		debuild := exec.Command("debuild", "-S", "-sa", "-us", "-uc")
-		debuild.Dir = pkgdir
-		build.MustRun(debuild)
+	// Create Debian packages and upload them
+	for _, pkg := range debPackages {
+		for _, distro := range debDistros {
+			meta := newDebMetadata(distro, *signer, env, now, pkg.Name, pkg.Version, pkg.Executables)
+			pkgdir := stageDebianSource(*workdir, meta)
+			debuild := exec.Command("debuild", "-S", "-sa", "-us", "-uc")
+			debuild.Dir = pkgdir
+			build.MustRun(debuild)
 
-		changes := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_source.changes", meta.Name(), meta.VersionString())
-		changes = filepath.Join(*workdir, changes)
-		if *signer != "" {
-			build.MustRunCommand("debsign", changes)
-		}
-		if *upload != "" {
-			build.MustRunCommand("dput", *upload, changes)
+			changes := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_source.changes", meta.Name(), meta.VersionString())
+			changes = filepath.Join(*workdir, changes)
+			if *signer != "" {
+				build.MustRunCommand("debsign", changes)
+			}
+			if *upload != "" {
+				build.MustRunCommand("dput", *upload, changes)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -525,9 +551,17 @@ func isUnstableBuild(env build.Environment) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+type debPackage struct {
+	Name        string          // the name of the Debian package to produce, e.g. "ethereum", or "ethereum-swarm"
+	Version     string          // the clean version of the debPackage, e.g. 1.8.12 or 0.3.0, without any metadata
+	Executables []debExecutable // executables to be included in the package
+}
+
 type debMetadata struct {
 	Env build.Environment
 
+	PackageName string
+
 	// go-ethereum version being built. Note that this
 	// is not the debian package version. The package version
 	// is constructed by VersionString.
@@ -539,21 +573,33 @@ type debMetadata struct {
 }
 
 type debExecutable struct {
-	Name, Description string
+	PackageName string
+	BinaryName  string
+	Description string
+}
+
+// Package returns the name of the package if present, or
+// fallbacks to BinaryName
+func (d debExecutable) Package() string {
+	if d.PackageName != "" {
+		return d.PackageName
+	}
+	return d.BinaryName
 }
 
-func newDebMetadata(distro, author string, env build.Environment, t time.Time) debMetadata {
+func newDebMetadata(distro, author string, env build.Environment, t time.Time, name string, version string, exes []debExecutable) debMetadata {
 	if author == "" {
 		// No signing key, use default author.
 		author = "Ethereum Builds <fjl@ethereum.org>"
 	}
 	return debMetadata{
+		PackageName: name,
 		Env:         env,
 		Author:      author,
 		Distro:      distro,
-		Version:     build.VERSION(),
+		Version:     version,
 		Time:        t.Format(time.RFC1123Z),
-		Executables: debExecutables,
+		Executables: exes,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -561,9 +607,9 @@ func newDebMetadata(distro, author string, env build.Environment, t time.Time) d
 // on all executable packages.
 func (meta debMetadata) Name() string {
 	if isUnstableBuild(meta.Env) {
-		return "ethereum-unstable"
+		return meta.PackageName + "-unstable"
 	}
-	return "ethereum"
+	return meta.PackageName
 }
 
 // VersionString returns the debian version of the packages.
@@ -590,9 +636,20 @@ func (meta debMetadata) ExeList() string {
 // ExeName returns the package name of an executable package.
 func (meta debMetadata) ExeName(exe debExecutable) string {
 	if isUnstableBuild(meta.Env) {
-		return exe.Name + "-unstable"
+		return exe.Package() + "-unstable"
 	}
-	return exe.Name
+	return exe.Package()
+}
+
+// EthereumSwarmPackageName returns the name of the swarm package based on
+// environment, e.g. "ethereum-swarm-unstable", or "ethereum-swarm".
+// This is needed so that we make sure that "ethereum" package,
+// depends on and installs "ethereum-swarm"
+func (meta debMetadata) EthereumSwarmPackageName() string {
+	if isUnstableBuild(meta.Env) {
+		return debSwarm.Name + "-unstable"
+	}
+	return debSwarm.Name
 }
 
 // ExeConflicts returns the content of the Conflicts field
@@ -607,7 +664,7 @@ func (meta debMetadata) ExeConflicts(exe debExecutable) string {
 		// be preferred and the conflicting files should be handled via
 		// alternates. We might do this eventually but using a conflict is
 		// easier now.
-		return "ethereum, " + exe.Name
+		return "ethereum, " + exe.Package()
 	}
 	return ""
 }
@@ -624,24 +681,23 @@ func stageDebianSource(tmpdir string, meta debMetadata) (pkgdir string) {
 
 	// Put the debian build files in place.
 	debian := filepath.Join(pkgdir, "debian")
-	build.Render("build/deb.rules", filepath.Join(debian, "rules"), 0755, meta)
-	build.Render("build/deb.changelog", filepath.Join(debian, "changelog"), 0644, meta)
-	build.Render("build/deb.control", filepath.Join(debian, "control"), 0644, meta)
-	build.Render("build/deb.copyright", filepath.Join(debian, "copyright"), 0644, meta)
+	build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.rules", filepath.Join(debian, "rules"), 0755, meta)
+	build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.changelog", filepath.Join(debian, "changelog"), 0644, meta)
+	build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.control", filepath.Join(debian, "control"), 0644, meta)
+	build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.copyright", filepath.Join(debian, "copyright"), 0644, meta)
 	build.RenderString("8\n", filepath.Join(debian, "compat"), 0644, meta)
 	build.RenderString("3.0 (native)\n", filepath.Join(debian, "source/format"), 0644, meta)
 	for _, exe := range meta.Executables {
 		install := filepath.Join(debian, meta.ExeName(exe)+".install")
 		docs := filepath.Join(debian, meta.ExeName(exe)+".docs")
-		build.Render("build/deb.install", install, 0644, exe)
-		build.Render("build/deb.docs", docs, 0644, exe)
+		build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.install", install, 0644, exe)
+		build.Render("build/deb/"+meta.PackageName+"/deb.docs", docs, 0644, exe)
 	}
 
 	return pkgdir
 }
 
 // Windows installer
-
 func doWindowsInstaller(cmdline []string) {
 	// Parse the flags and make skip installer generation on PRs
 	var (
@@ -691,11 +747,11 @@ func doWindowsInstaller(cmdline []string) {
 	// Build the installer. This assumes that all the needed files have been previously
 	// built (don't mix building and packaging to keep cross compilation complexity to a
 	// minimum).
-	version := strings.Split(build.VERSION(), ".")
+	version := strings.Split(params.Version, ".")
 	if env.Commit != "" {
 		version[2] += "-" + env.Commit[:8]
 	}
-	installer, _ := filepath.Abs("geth-" + archiveBasename(*arch, env) + ".exe")
+	installer, _ := filepath.Abs("geth-" + archiveBasename(*arch, params.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit)) + ".exe")
 	build.MustRunCommand("makensis.exe",
 		"/DOUTPUTFILE="+installer,
 		"/DMAJORVERSION="+version[0],
@@ -747,7 +803,7 @@ func doAndroidArchive(cmdline []string) {
 	maybeSkipArchive(env)
 
 	// Sign and upload the archive to Azure
-	archive := "geth-" + archiveBasename("android", env) + ".aar"
+	archive := "geth-" + archiveBasename("android", params.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit)) + ".aar"
 	os.Rename("geth.aar", archive)
 
 	if err := archiveUpload(archive, *upload, *signer); err != nil {
@@ -832,7 +888,7 @@ func newMavenMetadata(env build.Environment) mavenMetadata {
 		}
 	}
 	// Render the version and package strings
-	version := build.VERSION()
+	version := params.Version
 	if isUnstableBuild(env) {
 		version += "-SNAPSHOT"
 	}
@@ -867,7 +923,7 @@ func doXCodeFramework(cmdline []string) {
 		build.MustRun(bind)
 		return
 	}
-	archive := "geth-" + archiveBasename("ios", env)
+	archive := "geth-" + archiveBasename("ios", params.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit))
 	if err := os.Mkdir(archive, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -923,7 +979,7 @@ func newPodMetadata(env build.Environment, archive string) podMetadata {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	version := build.VERSION()
+	version := params.Version
 	if isUnstableBuild(env) {
 		version += "-unstable." + env.Buildnum
 	}
diff --git a/build/deb.install b/build/deb.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dc76e1f5..000000000
--- a/build/deb.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-build/bin/{{.Name}} usr/bin
diff --git a/build/deb.changelog b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.changelog
index 83f804a83..83f804a83 100644
--- a/build/deb.changelog
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.changelog
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.control b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cd325bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.control
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Source: {{.Name}}
+Section: science
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: {{.Author}}
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), golang-1.10
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+Homepage: https://ethereum.org
+Vcs-Git: git://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum.git
+Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
+
+{{range .Executables}}
+Package: {{$.ExeName .}}
+Conflicts: {{$.ExeConflicts .}}
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Built-Using: ${misc:Built-Using}
+Description: {{.Description}}
+ {{.Description}}
+{{end}}
diff --git a/build/deb.copyright b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.copyright
index 513be45b1..fe6e36ad9 100644
--- a/build/deb.copyright
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.copyright
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
 
 go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/build/deb.docs b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.docs
index 62deb0497..62deb0497 100644
--- a/build/deb.docs
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.docs
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.install b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7666ce5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/bin/{{.BinaryName}} usr/bin
diff --git a/build/deb.rules b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules
index 7f286569e..7f286569e 100644
--- a/build/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.changelog b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.changelog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83f804a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{.Name}} ({{.VersionString}}) {{.Distro}}; urgency=low
+
+  * git build of {{.Env.Commit}}
+
+ -- {{.Author}}  {{.Time}}
diff --git a/build/deb.control b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.control
index 33c1a779f..e693d1d04 100644
--- a/build/deb.control
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.control
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
 
 Package: {{.Name}}
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, {{.ExeList}}
-Description: Meta-package to install geth and other tools
- Meta-package to install geth and other tools
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, {{.EthereumSwarmPackageName}}, {{.ExeList}}
+Description: Meta-package to install geth, swarm, and other tools
+ Meta-package to install geth, swarm and other tools
 
 {{range .Executables}}
 Package: {{$.ExeName .}}
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.copyright b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.copyright
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe6e36ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
+
+go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with go-ethereum. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.docs b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.docs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62deb0497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+AUTHORS
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.install b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7666ce5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/bin/{{.BinaryName}} usr/bin
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f286569e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.10/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+
+%:
+	dh $@
diff --git a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
index 70fd6d1ab..679906027 100644
--- a/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
+++ b/cmd/faucet/faucet.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func newFaucet(genesis *core.Genesis, port int, enodes []*discv5.Node, network u
 	// Assemble the raw devp2p protocol stack
 	stack, err := node.New(&node.Config{
 		Name:    "geth",
-		Version: params.Version,
+		Version: params.VersionWithMeta,
 		DataDir: filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".faucet"),
 		P2P: p2p.Config{
 			NAT:              nat.Any(),
diff --git a/cmd/geth/bugcmd.go b/cmd/geth/bugcmd.go
index 7e9a8ccc7..0adc69d1f 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/bugcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/bugcmd.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func reportBug(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	fmt.Fprintln(&buff, "#### System information")
 	fmt.Fprintln(&buff)
-	fmt.Fprintln(&buff, "Version:", params.Version)
+	fmt.Fprintln(&buff, "Version:", params.VersionWithMeta)
 	fmt.Fprintln(&buff, "Go Version:", runtime.Version())
 	fmt.Fprintln(&buff, "OS:", runtime.GOOS)
 	printOSDetails(&buff)
diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index 258b9e6dd..8d8b10f8f 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestConsoleWelcome(t *testing.T) {
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("goos", func() string { return runtime.GOOS })
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("goarch", func() string { return runtime.GOARCH })
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("gover", runtime.Version)
-	geth.SetTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.Version })
+	geth.SetTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.VersionWithMeta })
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("niltime", func() string { return time.Unix(0, 0).Format(time.RFC1123) })
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("apis", func() string { return ipcAPIs })
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func testAttachWelcome(t *testing.T, geth *testgeth, endpoint, apis string) {
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("goos", func() string { return runtime.GOOS })
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("goarch", func() string { return runtime.GOARCH })
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("gover", runtime.Version)
-	attach.SetTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.Version })
+	attach.SetTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.VersionWithMeta })
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("etherbase", func() string { return geth.Etherbase })
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("niltime", func() string { return time.Unix(0, 0).Format(time.RFC1123) })
 	attach.SetTemplateFunc("ipc", func() bool { return strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ipc") })
diff --git a/cmd/geth/misccmd.go b/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
index aa9b1ee56..f62e25478 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/misccmd.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func makedag(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 func version(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	fmt.Println(strings.Title(clientIdentifier))
-	fmt.Println("Version:", params.Version)
+	fmt.Println("Version:", params.VersionWithMeta)
 	if gitCommit != "" {
 		fmt.Println("Git Commit:", gitCommit)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/config.go b/cmd/swarm/config.go
index e7c13c7a3..ce2acdcc9 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/config.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/config.go
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import (
 	bzzapi "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/api"
 )
 
-const SWARM_VERSION = "0.3.1-unstable"
-
 var (
 	//flag definition for the dumpconfig command
 	DumpConfigCommand = cli.Command{
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/main.go b/cmd/swarm/main.go
index d1dbb44df..9185af980 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/main.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm"
 	bzzapi "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/api"
 	swarmmetrics "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/tracing"
+	sv "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/version"
 
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ var defaultNodeConfig = node.DefaultConfig
 // This init function sets defaults so cmd/swarm can run alongside geth.
 func init() {
 	defaultNodeConfig.Name = clientIdentifier
-	defaultNodeConfig.Version = params.VersionWithCommit(gitCommit)
+	defaultNodeConfig.Version = sv.VersionWithCommit(gitCommit)
 	defaultNodeConfig.P2P.ListenAddr = ":30399"
 	defaultNodeConfig.IPCPath = "bzzd.ipc"
 	// Set flag defaults for --help display.
@@ -516,7 +516,8 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func version(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	fmt.Println("Version:", SWARM_VERSION)
+	fmt.Println(strings.Title(clientIdentifier))
+	fmt.Println("Version:", sv.VersionWithMeta)
 	if gitCommit != "" {
 		fmt.Println("Git Commit:", gitCommit)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 27e56f109..522ad06b6 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewApp(gitCommit, usage string) *cli.App {
 	app.Author = ""
 	//app.Authors = nil
 	app.Email = ""
-	app.Version = params.Version
+	app.Version = params.VersionWithMeta
 	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
 		app.Version += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
 	}
diff --git a/internal/build/util.go b/internal/build/util.go
index c6e059f0d..f99ee8396 100644
--- a/internal/build/util.go
+++ b/internal/build/util.go
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ func GOPATH() string {
 	return os.Getenv("GOPATH")
 }
 
-// VERSION returns the content of the VERSION file.
-func VERSION() string {
-	version, err := ioutil.ReadFile("VERSION")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return string(bytes.TrimSpace(version))
-}
-
 var warnedAboutGit bool
 
 // RunGit runs a git subcommand and returns its output.
diff --git a/mobile/geth.go b/mobile/geth.go
index 63ef06234..e3e2e905d 100644
--- a/mobile/geth.go
+++ b/mobile/geth.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func NewNode(datadir string, config *NodeConfig) (stack *Node, _ error) {
 	// Create the empty networking stack
 	nodeConf := &node.Config{
 		Name:        clientIdentifier,
-		Version:     params.Version,
+		Version:     params.VersionWithMeta,
 		DataDir:     datadir,
 		KeyStoreDir: filepath.Join(datadir, "keystore"), // Mobile should never use internal keystores!
 		P2P: p2p.Config{
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index c4d83f0a4..433042096 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -29,15 +29,34 @@ const (
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.
 var Version = func() string {
-	v := fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch)
+}()
+
+// VersionWithMeta holds the textual version string including the metadata.
+var VersionWithMeta = func() string {
+	v := Version
 	if VersionMeta != "" {
 		v += "-" + VersionMeta
 	}
 	return v
 }()
 
-func VersionWithCommit(gitCommit string) string {
+// ArchiveVersion holds the textual version string used for Geth archives.
+// e.g. "1.8.11-dea1ce05" for stable releases, or
+//      "1.8.13-unstable-21c059b6" for unstable releases
+func ArchiveVersion(gitCommit string) string {
 	vsn := Version
+	if VersionMeta != "stable" {
+		vsn += "-" + VersionMeta
+	}
+	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
+		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
+	}
+	return vsn
+}
+
+func VersionWithCommit(gitCommit string) string {
+	vsn := VersionWithMeta
 	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
 		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
 	}
diff --git a/swarm/version/version.go b/swarm/version/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e528e714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swarm/version/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package version
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const (
+	VersionMajor = 0          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 3          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 1          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+)
+
+// Version holds the textual version string.
+var Version = func() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d", VersionMajor, VersionMinor, VersionPatch)
+}()
+
+// VersionWithMeta holds the textual version string including the metadata.
+var VersionWithMeta = func() string {
+	v := Version
+	if VersionMeta != "" {
+		v += "-" + VersionMeta
+	}
+	return v
+}()
+
+// ArchiveVersion holds the textual version string used for Swarm archives.
+// e.g. "0.3.0-dea1ce05" for stable releases, or
+//      "0.3.1-unstable-21c059b6" for unstable releases
+func ArchiveVersion(gitCommit string) string {
+	vsn := Version
+	if VersionMeta != "stable" {
+		vsn += "-" + VersionMeta
+	}
+	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
+		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
+	}
+	return vsn
+}
+
+func VersionWithCommit(gitCommit string) string {
+	vsn := Version
+	if len(gitCommit) >= 8 {
+		vsn += "-" + gitCommit[:8]
+	}
+	return vsn
+}