old_contents: from distutils.version import StrictVersion
  __version__ = "5.0.5a1"
  StrictVersion(__version__)
  __DOI__ = "Zenodo, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4467703"
  __release_date__ = "2021"
  __build__ = "GIT_COMMIT"
  
new_contents: from distutils.version import StrictVersion
  __version__ = "5.0.5-alpha.1"
  StrictVersion(__version__)
  __DOI__ = "Zenodo, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4467703"
  __release_date__ = "2021"
  __build__ = "GIT_COMMIT"
  
subject: Revert the version string fix, so the proper fix can be merged without conflict