Issue #81 try hacking versioneer

versioneer.py

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def get_config_from_root(root):
     # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
     # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
     setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
-    parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
     with open(setup_cfg, "r") as f:
         parser.readfp(f)
     VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # mandatory