[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-550364 ] Version number handling

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Bugs item #550364, was opened at 2002-04-29 20:28
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Category: Distutils
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
>Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: Version number handling

Initial Comment:
A while ago, Tim Peters mentioned in a check-in message:

"Change the version string from "2.2+" to "2.3a0".  distutils 
peels off
the first 3 characters of this string in several places, so for as 
long
as they remain "2.2" it confuses the heck out of attempts to 
build 2.3 stuff using distutils."

It's true; distutils does sys.version[:3] in a few places.
The attached patch factors this out so it'll be easier to 
change.  

(There's also a Python development issue here, namely when
the version number gets bumped in the CVS tree.)


 


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>Comment By: Jeremy Hylton (jhylton)
Date: 2002-07-25 16:12

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Do we still care about this patch?


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Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2002-05-15 20:54

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Maybe.  But I don't know if I still care about 1.5.2.  If 
I don't, then the code can just always use sys.version_info.



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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2002-05-14 10:51

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Nice factoring.

Would it be more bulletproof to use sys.version_info 
instead of sys.version[:3]?  Perhaps, wrap it in try/except 
to catch versions before Py2.0.

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