old_contents: VERSION = (0, 2, 0, 'final')
  __version__ = VERSION  # alias
  
  
  def get_version():
      version = '%s.%s' % (VERSION[0], VERSION[1])
      if VERSION[2]:
          version = '%s.%s' % (version, VERSION[2])
      if VERSION[3:] == ('alpha', 0):
          version = '%s pre-alpha' % version
      else:
          if VERSION[3] != 'final':
              version = '%s %s' % (version, VERSION[3])
      return version
  
new_contents: VERSION = (0, 3, 0, 'alpha')
  __version__ = VERSION  # alias
  
  
  def get_version():
      version = '%s.%s' % (VERSION[0], VERSION[1])
      if VERSION[2]:
          version = '%s.%s' % (version, VERSION[2])
      if VERSION[3:] == ('alpha', 0):
          version = '%s pre-alpha' % version
      else:
          if VERSION[3] != 'final':
              version = '%s %s' % (version, VERSION[3])
      return version
  
subject: update version to 0.3.0 alpha