why releases for such a small project? useless and overhead!

Makefile

@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ ${NAME}: ${OBJ}
 
 clean:
 	@echo cleaning
-	@rm -f ${NAME} ${OBJ} ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+	@rm -f ${NAME} ${OBJ} ${NAME}.tar.gz
 
 dist: clean
 	@echo creating dist tarball
-	@mkdir -p ${NAME}-${VERSION}
+	@mkdir -p ${NAME}
 	@cp -R Makefile config.mk LICENSE \
-		${SRC} ${NAME}-${VERSION}
-	@tar -cf ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar ${NAME}-${VERSION}
-	@gzip ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar
-	@rm -rf ${NAME}-${VERSION}
+		${SRC} ${NAME}
+	@tar -cf ${NAME}.tar ${NAME}
+	@gzip ${NAME}.tar
+	@rm -rf ${NAME}
 
 install: all
 	@echo installing executable file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ install: all
 	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${NAME}
 	@echo installing manual page to ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < ${NAME}.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/${NAME}.1
+	@cp -f ${NAME}.1 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/${NAME}.1
 
 uninstall:

config.mk

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # See LICENSE file for copyright and license details.
 
-VERSION = 3.0
-
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
 

slstatus.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SLSTATUS 1 slstatus\-VERSION
+.TH SLSTATUS 1 slstatus
 .SH NAME
 slstatus \- suckless status
 .SH SYNOPSIS

slstatus.c

@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			oflag = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'v':
-			printf("slstatus %s (C) 2016 slstatus engineers\n", VERSION);
+			printf("slstatus (C) 2016 slstatus engineers\n");
 			return 0;
 		case 'h':
 			usage(0);