[Python-checkins] r50978 - in python/trunk: Lib/distutils/__init__.py Misc/NEWS

[Nick Coghlan]

martin.v.loewis wrote:
> Author: martin.v.loewis
> Date: Sun Jul 30 15:14:05 2006
> New Revision: 50978
> 
> Modified:
>    python/trunk/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
>    python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
> Log:
> Base __version__ on sys.version_info, as distutils is
> no longer maintained separatedly.
> 
> 
> Modified: python/trunk/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
> ==============================================================================
> --- python/trunk/Lib/distutils/__init__.py	(original)
> +++ python/trunk/Lib/distutils/__init__.py	Sun Jul 30 15:14:05 2006
> @@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
>  
>  __revision__ = "$Id$"
>  
> -__version__ = "2.5.0"
> +import sys
> +__version__ = "%d.%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:3]
> +del sys

Won't this give a wrong answer if someone runs a mismatched distutils version? 
e.g. distutils 2.5.0 would claim to be distutils 2.4.3 if you ran it with the 
latest 2.4 release.

Cheers,
Nick.

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