expose numeric version numbers

xpra/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # This file is part of Xpra.
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Nathaniel Smith <njs@pobox.com>
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org>
 # Xpra is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2, or, at your option, any
 # later version. See the file COPYING for details.
 
-__version__ = "6.0"
+__version_info__ = (6, 0)
+__version__ = ".".join(map(str, __version_info__))

xpra/util/version.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from xpra.common import FULL_INFO
 
 XPRA_VERSION = xpra.__version__     #@UndefinedVariable
+XPRA_NUMERIC_VERSION = xpra.__version_info__
 
 CHECK_SSL : bool = envbool("XPRA_VERSION_CHECK_SSL", True)
 SSL_CAFILE : str = ""
@@ -100,14 +101,12 @@ def version_compat_check(remote_version) -> str | None:
     except ValueError:
         warn(f"Warning: failed to parse remote version {remote_version!r}")
         return None
-    try:
-        lv = parse_version(XPRA_VERSION)
-    except ValueError:
-        warn(f"Warning: failed to parse local version {XPRA_VERSION!r}")
-        return None
-    if rv==lv:
+    if rv==XPRA_NUMERIC_VERSION:
         log("identical remote version: %s", remote_version)
         return None
+    if rv[:2]==XPRA_NUMERIC_VERSION[:2]:
+        log("identical major.minor remote version: %s", remote_version)
+        return None
     if rv[0:2]<(3, 0):
         #this is the oldest version we support
         msg = f"remote version {rv[:2]} is too old, sorry"