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Compare version numbers

I need to compare versions of a software. The requirement is that I need to know if a given version is older (smaller), same or newer (higher) than another one. The version format is XX.X.XX where: ...
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Using semantic version with trunk based development for Python package

I am trying to understand trunk based development with semantic versioning for a Python project. Has anyone had any experience of adopting a trunk based development with semantic versioning for ...
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What's the `__version_info__ ` function in a PyPi package?

What's the __version_info__ function? I am reading a open source library uritemplate, I found: __version__ = '3.0.0' __version_info__ = tuple(int(i) for i in __version__.split('.') if i.isdigit()) ...
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Why is Python 3.4 still developed after the release of 3.5? [closed]

The lastest version of Python is 3.5.1. However, the latest release is 3.4.4. Why is 3.4.x still developed? Are there breaking changes in 3.5 with respect to 3.4? https://www.python.org/downloads/
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Is Python Cookbook for python 2.4 applicable to python 2.7.5?

My college has a course on Introduction to programming using python and we are using Python 2.7.5. I would like to know if it will be helpful to read Python Cookbook which is for python 2.4? There ...
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