Merge branch 'meaningcloud' into 'master'

Meaningcloud

See merge request docs/templates/makefiles!8

base.mk

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export
 NAME ?= $(shell basename $(CURDIR))
 VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --dirty 2>/dev/null)
 
-ifeq ($(wildcard $VERSION),)
+ifeq ($(VERSION),)
 	VERSION:=unknown
 endif
 

python.mk

-PYVERSIONS ?= 2.7
+PYVERSIONS ?= 3.5
 PYMAIN ?= $(firstword $(PYVERSIONS))
 TARNAME ?= $(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz 
 VERSIONFILE ?= $(NAME)/VERSION