problems. Assume you were happily using package Alpha from Channel A and package Bravo from Channel B. The provider from Channel B then added a version of Alpha with a very high build number. Your conda updates updates would start installing new versions of Alpha from Channel B whether you wanted that or not. This could cause unintentional problems and a risk of deliberate attacks. 1.6. Tasks 41 conda Documentation which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to

problems. Assume you were happily using package Alpha from Channel A and package Bravo from Channel B. The provider from Channel B then added a version of Alpha with a very high build number. Your conda updates updates would start installing new versions of Alpha from Channel B whether you wanted that or not. This could cause unintentional problems and a risk of deliberate attacks. 1.6. Tasks 41 conda Documentation which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules Examples 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run

Examples: 1.2g.beta15.rc => [[0], [1], [2, 'g'], [0, 'beta', 15], [0, 'rc']] 1!2.15.1_ALPHA => [[1], [2], [15], [1, '_alpha']] The resulting lists are compared lexicographically, where the following rules which consistently compares any version string, and better handles version strings using things like alpha, beta, rc, post, and dev. This should remove any inconsistent version comparison that would lead to updated, and downgraded • use suggest_normalized_version in the resolve module. Now versions like 1.0alpha that are not directly recog- nized by verlib’s NormalizedVersion are supported better • conda run