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Document the version comparisons #2792

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@DiddiLeija DiddiLeija commented Sep 14, 2021

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Closes #2618. Document how the legacy versions and non-legacy versions are compared, and reference to PEP 440.

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Document how the legacy versions and non-legacy versions are compared.
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CC @jaraco

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I don't think this will need "tests", right?

@DiddiLeija DiddiLeija changed the title Document the version coparisons Document the version comparisons Sep 14, 2021
Fix some typos.
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@jaraco could you review this pull request please?

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Setuptools can work well with most versioning schemes. Over the years,
setuptools has tried to closely follow the
`PEP 440 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/>`_ scheme, but it
also supports legacy versions. There are, however, a
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Maybe I should rewrite this paragraph, it sounds a bit weird for me since I made the changes.

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@jaraco can you review this?

@jaraco jaraco merged commit 4cb3544 into pypa:main Sep 22, 2021
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