[Distutils] Requirent specifiers specified? :)

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 12:26 PM 6/22/2006 -0400, Jim Fulton wrote:
>On Jun 21, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
>>"""Requirement strings basically consist of a distribution name, an
>>optional list of "options" (more on this in a moment), and a comma- 
>>separated list of zero or more version conditions. Version
>>conditions basically specify ranges of valid versions, using
>>comparison operators. The version conditions you supply are sorted
>>into ascending version order, and then scanned left to right until
>>the package's version falls between a pair of > or >= and < or <=
>>conditions, or exactly matches a == or != condition."""
>
>I don't think this is right. :)
>...
>When scanning left to right, 1.9 matches !=1.1, so it should match and,
>since it is the highest version, it should be returned.  Either your
>description
>of the algorithm is incorrect or I'm misunderstanding it.

You're missing the "exactly matches" part.  The relevant context is: "Until 
the package's version ... exactly matches a == or != condition".  Perhaps 
making that "a == or != condition's version" would have been clearer, as 
that's what I meant by that phrase.

Anyway, "1.9" does not exactly match the "1.1" in "!=1.1".