Correct me if I wrong, but shouldn't Python include function for version comparisons?
On the packaging summit yesterday, people agreed that yes, we should have something like that in the standard library, and it should be more powerful than what distutils currently offers. There was no conclusion of how specifically that functionality should be offered; several people agreed that Python should mandate a standard format, which it is then able to compare. So you might not be able to spell it "10.3.40-beta", but perhaps "10.3.40b1" or "10.3.40~beta". Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
