[Distutils] 2.0dev-r123 no longer greater than 1.0?

[Peter Suter]

Hi

from  pkg_resources  import  parse_version
parse_version('2.0dev-r123')  >  parse_version('1.0dev')

In setuptools 7 and below this was |True|. In setuptools 8 and above 
this is |False|.

A bug? Are these tags not supported anymore?

The documentation still mentions them extensively, e.g. in:
https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#managing-continuous-releases-using-subversion

setup.cfg options are recommended that generate similar versions:

[egg_info]
tag_build  =  .dev
tag_svn_revision  =  1

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Peter

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