[Python-Dev] version compare function into main lib

[Mart Sõmermaa]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Ben Finney <
bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au <bignose%2Bhates-spam at benfinney.id.au>>wrote:

> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:
>
> > I don't mind the setuptools implementation being used as a basis
> > (assuming it gets contributed), but *independently* I think a
> > specfication is needed what version strings it actually understands.
> > Such specification must precede the actual implementation (in
> > distutils).
>
> Yes, please. The comparison of version strings needs to be easily done
> by non-Python programs (e.g. tools for packaging Python
> distributions), so a specification that can be implemented in other
> languages or environments is a must.


There's a specification in
http://wiki.python.org/moin/ApplicationInfrastructure , see "Version API"
below (at least, it's a start).
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