From 27310fc68e3264c608c95840868b7389ffa7dabc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Haffmans <leon.haffmans@hochfrequenz.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:58:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=A9=B9version=20checker=20on=20releas?=
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---
 docs/compatibility/versioning.py | 34 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/compatibility/versioning.py b/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
index e94e2dc43..54410eda2 100644
--- a/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
+++ b/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
@@ -102,27 +102,25 @@ def bumped_candidate(self, other: "Version") -> bool:
             raise ValueError("Cannot compare candidate versions if one of them is not a candidate.")
         return not self.bumped_technical(other) and self.candidate > other.candidate
 
-    def __lt__(self, other: "Version") -> bool:
-        if not isinstance(other, Version):
-            return NotImplemented
-        self_int = int(f"{self.major}{self.functional}{self.technical}")
-        other_int = int(f"{other.major}{other.functional}{other.technical}")
-        return (
-            self_int < other_int
-            or self_int == other_int
-            and (self.candidate is not None and (other.candidate is None or self.candidate < other.candidate))
-        )
-
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, Version):
+            return super().__eq__(other)
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            return str(self) == other
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __lt__(self, other: "Version") -> bool:
+        """
+        This method asks: Is this (self) version older than the other version?
+        """
         if not isinstance(other, Version):
             return NotImplemented
-        return (
-            self.major == other.major
-            and self.functional == other.functional
-            and self.technical == other.technical
-            and self.is_candidate() == other.is_candidate()
-            and (self.candidate is None or self.candidate == other.candidate)
-        )
+        for attr in ["major", "functional", "technical"]:
+            if getattr(self, attr) != getattr(other, attr):
+                return getattr(self, attr) < getattr(other, attr)
+        if self.candidate != other.candidate:
+            return self.candidate is not None and (other.candidate is None or self.candidate < other.candidate)
+        return False  # self == other
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.tag_name

From 1a63dd70677fc8690e63ddb2a212fd00c89718db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Haffmans <leon.haffmans@hochfrequenz.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:59:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a test case

---
 docs/compatibility/versioning.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/docs/compatibility/versioning.py b/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
index 54410eda2..acb62db82 100644
--- a/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
+++ b/docs/compatibility/versioning.py
@@ -446,3 +446,4 @@ def test_version() -> None:
     assert Version.from_string("v202401.1.2-rc3", allow_candidate=True) > Version.from_string(
         "v202401.1.2-rc1", allow_candidate=True
     )
+    assert Version.from_string("v202501.2.0") > Version.from_string("v202401.10.23")