From 4576822bb94b143b0575c1b78b16499a425a589f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Pessa <ryan@essential-elements.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:41:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix LooseVersion in py3

---
 setup.py | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b6fbf1f2..8d4dac26a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 from time import sleep
 
 
+if sys.version > '3':
+    PY3 = True
+else:
+    PY3 = False
+
+if PY3:  # fix error with py3's LooseVersion comparisons
+    def ver_equal(self, other):
+        return self.version == other.version
+
+    LooseVersion.__eq__ = ver_equal
+
+
 MIN_CYTHON_STRING = '0.20'
 MIN_CYTHON_VERSION = LooseVersion(MIN_CYTHON_STRING)
 MAX_CYTHON_STRING = '0.21.2'
@@ -27,11 +39,6 @@ CYTHON_UNSUPPORTED = (
     LooseVersion('0.22.alpha0'),
 )
 
-if sys.version > '3':
-    PY3 = True
-else:
-    PY3 = False
-
 
 def getoutput(cmd):
     import subprocess