[Python-Dev] New functionality in micro releases(was:Documenting branch policy)

[Matthew F. Barnes]

Fred L. Drake, Jr. said:
> Comparison with sys.version_info would be trivial, and seems
> sufficient:
>
> if sys.version_info < (2,2,2):
>   print "Get a newer version of Python!"
> else:
>   main()

FWIW - I often use something close to this near the top of my own modules
(realizing that it gets skipped when the -O option is provided):

assert sys.version_info >= (2,2,2), 'requires Python 2.2.2 or better'

Matthew Barnes