[Freeipa-devel] [freeipa PR#254][comment] Replace LooseVersion with pkg_resources.parse_version

[martbab]

  URL: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/254
Title: #254: Replace LooseVersion with pkg_resources.parse_version

martbab commented:
"""
Yes that's why we resorted to a direct CFFI call to RPM libs during server version check in upgrade. We simply could not win aside from re-implementing parsing of Z-stream versions etc. from scratch.
"""

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