On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:55:44AM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Tarek Ziadé wrote: > One detail to add: > > python_full_version = sys.version.split()[0] > > This is important, since a package may well only support Python > 2.5 starting with patch level release 2.5.2 and python_version > only includes the major.minor version information.
I still like hex(sys.hexversion) for this. IIRC this is what the docs recommend to use inside python code too for checking versions. Regards Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig