actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 1.1. Concepts 15 conda, Release 23.7

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. 88 Chapter 4. Contributors welcome conda, Release 25.1.2.dev1 Supported Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison < 0.5 < 0.9.6 < 0.960923 < 1.0 < 1.1dev1 # special case ��dev��

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. 88 Chapter 4. Contributors welcome conda, Release 24.11.3.dev2 Supported Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison < 0.5 < 0.9.6 < 0.960923 < 1.0 < 1.1dev1 # special case ��dev��

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. 4.1. User guide 87 conda, Release 24.9.3.dev1 Supported version strings Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison < 0.5 < 0.9.6 < 0.960923 < 1.0 < 1.1dev1 # special case ��dev��

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 1.1. Concepts 15 conda Documentation

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 1.1. Concepts 15 conda Documentation

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 4.1. User guide 21 conda, Release 23

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 4.1. User guide 21 conda, Release 23

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 4.1. User guide 83 conda, Release 24

actual version string (this is useful to indicate a change in the versioning scheme itself). Version comparison is case-insensitive. Supported version strings Conda supports six types of version strings: Letters/Strings indicating non-release versions should always occur at the same position. Before comparison, version strings are parsed as follows: • They are first split into epoch, version number, and order is: 0.4 < 0.4.0 < 0.4.1.rc == 0.4.1.RC # case-insensitive comparison < 0.4.1 < 0.5a1 < 0.5b3 < 0.5C1 # case-insensitive comparison (continues on next page) 4.1. User guide 83 conda, Release 24