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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_version(self, line):
 """ There's a magic suffix to the release version, currently it's -03, but it increments seemingly randomly. """

        version_string = line.split(' ')[1]
        version_list = version_string.split('.')
        major_version = ''.join([version_list[0], version_list[1]])
        release_num = ''.join([version_list[2].rstrip(), "-03"])
        return (major_version, release_num)