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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARIA-140:
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Github user tliron commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-ariatosca/pull/100#discussion_r115281803
--- Diff: aria/utils/versions.py ---
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+"""
+General-purpose version string handling
+"""
+
+import re
+
+
+_INF = float('inf')
+
+_NULL = (), _INF
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Because "Numeric qualifiers will always be greater than prefixed integer
qualifiers, e.g. "1.1-1" > "1.1-beta1". The qualifier is a float that is an
extra, but if the qualifier is not present "infinity" should always win over
it. It shouldn't matter what's "more natural" seeming: this is an underscored
internal var that's never seen by users of the lib. Users instead use
`VersionString.NULL` or can init `VersionString` with None.
> General purpose version comparison
> ----------------------------------
>
> Key: ARIA-140
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARIA-140
> Project: AriaTosca
> Issue Type: Story
> Reporter: Tal Liron
> Assignee: Tal Liron
> Priority: Minor
>
> Add {{aria.utils.versions}} to allow for general-purpose comparison and
> sorting of version strings.
> For now this will be used for resolving plugin specifications to plugins, but
> it may very well have other uses in the future.
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