Add __version_info__ as a tuple-based version identifier

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit f60a16c91428 · 2020-11-02T00:24:06.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 # this is computed based on the number of commits since the last tag.
 from ._version import get_versions
 __version__ = str(get_versions()['version'])
+__version_info__ = tuple(map(int, __version__.split('.post')[0].split('.')))
+
 del get_versions
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
