[Distutils] PEP440: foo-X.Y.Z does not satisfy "foo>X.Y"?

[Marcus Smith]

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> In particular, <, >, ~=, and, when using a .*, the != and == use the
> number of dots in the given specifier to indicate the precision of the
> specifier.
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the PEP text is pretty clear on the precision concept for ~= and when using
".*", but not so much for < and <.
how about an example right there in that section that mentions the "!= V.*"
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