Merge pull request #476 from tacaswell/fix_python_dev

BLD: allow pre-releases to pass the python version check
astropy · May 6, 2019 · 61e27b7 · 61e27b7
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diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ astropy-helpers Changelog
 - Removed ``tocdepthfix`` sphinx extension that worked around a big in
   Sphinx that has been long fixed. [#475]
 
+- Allow Python dev versions to pass the python version check. [#476]
 
 
 2.0.9 (2019-02-22)

diff --git a/ah_bootstrap.py b/ah_bootstrap.py
@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@
 
     # We want the Python version as a string, which we can get from the platform module
     import platform
-    python_version = platform.python_version()
-
-    if not req.specifier.contains(python_version):
+    # strip off trailing '+' incase this is a dev install of python
+    python_version = platform.python_version().strip('+')
+    # allow pre-releases to count as 'new enough'
+    if not req.specifier.contains(python_version, True):
         if parent_package is None:
             print("ERROR: Python {} is required by this package".format(req.specifier))
         else: