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<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just noticed
pkg_resources.parse_version() doesn't appear to follow the setuptools
documentation with regards 'rc' vs. '-rc'. With
setuptools-0.6c3:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Python 2.4.1 (#1,
Oct 13 2006, 16:58:04)<BR>[GCC 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on
linux2<BR>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.<BR>>>> from pkg_resources import
parse_version<BR>>>> parse_version('2.1-rc2') <
parse_version('2.1')<BR>True<BR>>>> parse_version('2.1rc2') <
parse_version('2.1')<BR>True<BR>>>><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial size=2>This contradicts the
docs and suggests a '-' no longer differentiates pre and post
releases.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this a bug or
feature?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=345403209-29112006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Stephen.</DIV></FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>---</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen Pascoe 01235
445980</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>British Atmospheric Data
Centre</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
CCLRC</FONT></DIV>
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