small idea for fixing :

in core/print_api.php

function print_version_option_list( $p_version='', $p_project_id = null,
...
foreach( $versions as $version ) {
$t_version = string_shorten( string_attribute( $version['version'] ) );
echo "<option value=\"$t_version\""; # DO NOT PUT SHORTEN VALUE HERE
check_selected( $p_version, $t_version );
echo ">$t_version</option>"; # ONLY HERE
}
}

Tested, this change works.
Also correct side bugs, selection did not work and work now.
Eric

foreach( $versions as $version ) {
$t_version_long = string_attribute( $version['version'] );
$t_version_short = string_shorten( string_attribute( $version['version'] ) );
echo "<option value=\"$t_version_long\"";
check_selected( $p_version, $t_version_long );
echo ">$t_version_short</option>";
}

Following is the applied fix:

foreach( $versions as $version ) {
$t_version = string_attribute( $version['version'] );
echo "<option value=\"$t_version\"";
check_selected( $p_version, $t_version );
echo '>', string_shorten( $t_version ), '</option>';
}