Eliminate use of distutils.version.StrictVersion, use LooseVersion instead
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distutils was removed in Python 3.12. The only reason EasyBuild uses StrictVersion is that it orders beta/rc versions before the released version, unlike LooseVersion. E.g. 5.0.0-beta < 5.0.0 (but > for LooseVersion). So a new method `is_earlier_or_prerelease(self, other, markers)` was added to LooseVersion to handle that particular case. Addresses part of easybuilders#3963
In the end this is clearer because we also need to test against a maximum version (but it is allowed to be a prerelease of that maximum version, as per StrictVersion semantics!)
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Note that recent Lmod (certainly >=8) doesn't seem to have had any rc versions. The only tmod applicable I can find is 4.0.0-beta. Perhaps we can safely ignore that too, in which case the alternative could be to simply use LooseVersion everywhere... |
boegel
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Mar 10, 2024
Flip order of `is_prerelease` and version check for clarity. Co-authored-by: Kenneth Hoste <kenneth.hoste@ugent.be>
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distutils.version.StrictVersiondistutils.version.StrictVersion, use LooseVersion instead
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distutils was removed in Python 3.12. The only reason EasyBuild uses StrictVersion is that it orders beta/rc versions before the released version, unlike LooseVersion. E.g. 5.0.0-beta < 5.0.0 (but > for LooseVersion).
So a new method
is_prerelease(self, other, markers)was added to LooseVersion to handle that particular case.
Addresses part of #3963