Log the WriteFreely version on startup

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I just went to file a bug and one of the questions was what version of WriteFreely I was using. To be sure that I wasn’t misremembering, I figured I’d check the log for a version, but it isn’t present:

Aug 03 21:40:54 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:54 Loading config.ini configuration...
Aug 03 21:40:54 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:54 Loading templates...
Aug 03 21:40:54 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:54 Loading pages...
Aug 03 21:40:54 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:54 Loading user pages...
Aug 03 21:40:55 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:55 Loading encryption keys...
Aug 03 21:40:55 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:55 Connecting to sqlite3 database...
Aug 03 21:40:55 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:55 Adding write.wrestle.town routes (multi-user)...
Aug 03 21:40:55 wrestle writefreely[23287]: 2019/08/03 21:40:55 Going to serve...

This would be a nice little improvement for bug reporters/administrators, I think.

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From command line writefreely -v (see admin commands). Version doesn’t belongs to the log.

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Thanks for the response! Binaries can be replaced or deleted without affecting the processes running from them (on Linux, at least), so writefreely -v can only tell me what version I would be running if I launched a new writefreely process, not what version I currently have running.

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(This seems like a pretty small change, so I’m going to see if I can contribute this myself.)

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I’ve submitted: