python3-looseversion – Version numbering for anarchists and software realists

A backwards/forwards-compatible fork of distutils.version.LooseVersion, for times when PEP-440 isn’t what you need.

The goal of this package is to be a drop-in replacement for the original LooseVersion. It implements an identical interface and comparison logic to LooseVersion. The only major change is that a looseversion.LooseVersion is comparable to a distutils.version.LooseVersion, which means tools should not need to worry whether all dependencies that use LooseVersion have migrated.

If you are simply comparing versions of Python packages, consider moving to packaging.version.Version, which follows PEP-440. LooseVersion is better suited to interacting with heterogeneous version schemes that do not follow PEP-440.

Package availability chart

Distribution

Base version

Our version

Architectures

Debian GNU/Linux 12.0 (bookworm)

1.3.0-5~nd120+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Debian GNU/Linux 13.0 (trixie)

1.3.0-3

1.3.0-5~nd130+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Debian testing (forky)

1.3.0-5

1.3.0-5~nd140+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Debian unstable (sid)

1.3.0-5

1.3.0-5~nd+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Ubuntu 22.04 “Jammy Jellyfish” (jammy)

1.3.0-5~nd22.04+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” (noble)

1.3.0-3

1.3.0-5~nd24.04+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” (resolute)

1.3.0-4

1.3.0-5~nd26.04+1

i386, amd64, sparc, armel, arm64

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