7 files changed, 48 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
index 997046b971..89e31c4be6 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActionMailer
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActionMailer as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActionMailer.version.segments
+    STRING = ActionMailer.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_pack/version.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_pack/version.rb
index 5c87a9cd7c..b5e47d78d1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_pack/version.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_pack/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActionPack
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActionPack as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActionPack.version.segments
+    STRING = ActionPack.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/version.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/version.rb
index 7586b02037..35c4b30999 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/version.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActiveModel
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActiveModel as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActiveModel.version.segments
+    STRING = ActiveModel.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/version.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/version.rb
index c0471bb506..f2b041ad97 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/version.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActiveRecord
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActiveRecord as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActiveRecord.version.segments
+    STRING = ActiveRecord.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
index ec0967fdd7..ca23057189 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module ActiveSupport
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded ActiveSupport as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = ActiveSupport.version.segments
+    STRING = ActiveSupport.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/version.rb b/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
index 87fc7690ac..d1d02e086d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module Rails
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  # Returns the version of the currently loaded Rails as a Gem::Version
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = Rails.version.segments
+    STRING = Rails.version.to_s
   end
 end
diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
index 87fc7690ac..367d0f6546 100644
--- a/version.rb
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module Rails
-  module VERSION #:nodoc:
-    MAJOR = 4
-    MINOR = 0
-    TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+  def self.version
+    Gem::Version.new "4.0.0.beta1"
+  end
 
-    STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
+  module VERSION #:nodoc:
+    MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE = Rails.version.segments
+    STRING = Rails.version.to_s
   end
 end