Jintin/andle

#!/usr/bin/env python


def newer(version1, version2):

    parts1 = [x for x in version1.split('.')]
    parts2 = [x for x in version2.split('.')]

    # fill up the shorter version with zeros ...
    lendiff = len(parts1) - len(parts2)
    if lendiff > 0:
        parts2.extend([0] * lendiff)
    elif lendiff < 0:
        parts1.extend([0] * (-lendiff))

    return cmp(parts1, parts2)


def cmp(parts1, parts2):
    for i, p in enumerate(parts1):
        p = str(p)
        s = str(parts2[i])
        if p.isdigit() and s.isdigit():
            p = int(p)
            s = int(s)
        ret = (p < s) - (p > s)
        if ret:
            return ret
    return 0