- for ">=1.7", "1.7" means literally "1.7" (with zero-padding as needed)

While I understand the motivation for the "series" conception of 1.7 to deal with  prereleases, the resulting inconsistency in meaning for "1.7" is what concerns me.  It's odd .  Can someone make it not seem odd for "1.7 to change meanings just because you switch between >= and >?

And for anyone who wants to say that "1.7" also means the "1.7 series" for >=, note that 1.7 prereleases do not satisfy >=1.7

Would a solution be to make >= also use the series concept?, i.e. make pre-releases satisfy >=1.7

Marcus