code: def get_short_version(self):
          '''obtain the shory geoserver version
          '''
          gs_version = self.get_version()
          match = re.compile(r'[^\d.]+')
          return match.sub('', gs_version).strip('.'f get_short_version(self):
          '''obtain the shory geoserver version
          '''
          gs_version = self.get_version()
          match = re.compile(r'[^\d.]+')
          return match.sub('', gs_version).strip('.')
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