Code review comment for lp:~jelmer/launchpad/noversion

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Abel Deuring (adeuring) wrote :

On 12.03.2010 11:43, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> This test already existed, I've just changed it to use assertEquals.

Right, but you changed the implemention of the tested class, so this is
a genuine test failure ;)

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> Older versions of Launchpad also had this behaviour and it's required by Debian policy. It looks like older versions of python-debian considered 1.0 < 1.0-0.

OK. But the is question why this "relaxed equality comparison" was
introduced and even tested, and if we can remove it again.

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> I'll see if we can include python-debian in Launchpad or provide backports of python-debian so we're sure we have a working version.

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