ENH: Allow to pass the version number as a string to `misc.compare_ve…

…rsions`

CHANGES.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 1.45.0 (2025-mm-dd)
 
 - **ENH: Use `odc.geo.xr.crop` instead of `rio.clip` to make `rasters.crop` dask-compatible** ([#27](https://github.com/sertit/sertit-utils/issues/27))
+- ENH: Allow to pass the version number as a string to `misc.compare_versions`
 - FIX: Fixes when trying to write COGs with dask in `rasters.write`
 
 ## 1.44.6 (2025-01-13)

ci/test_misc.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from ci.script_utils import Polarization
-from sertit import ci, misc
+from sertit import __version__, ci, misc
 from sertit.misc import compare, compare_version
 
 ci.reduce_verbosity()
@@ -159,3 +159,5 @@ def test_compare_versions():
     """"""
     assert compare_version("geopandas", "0.10.0", ">=")
     assert compare_version("geopandas", "5.0.0", "<")
+    assert compare_version(__version__, "5.0.0", "<")
+    assert compare_version(__version__, "1.0.0", ">")

sertit/misc.py

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def compare_version(
     Compare the version of a librarie to a reference, giving the operator.
 
     Args:
-        lib (str): Name of the library
+        lib (str): Name of the library, it's version as a string or as a Version object
         version_to_check (str): Version of the library to be compared
         operator (str): Operator to use (:code:`>`, :code:`<`, :code:`>=`, :code:`<=`, :code:`==`)
 
@@ -531,14 +531,19 @@ def compare_version(
     Example:
         >>> compare_version("geopandas", "0.10.0", ">=")
         True
+        >>> compare_version(sertit.__version__, "1.0.0", ">=")
+        True
 
     """
-    from importlib.metadata import version
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 
     if isinstance(lib, Version):
         lib_version = lib
     elif isinstance(lib, str):
-        lib_version = Version(version(lib))
+        try:
+            lib_version = Version(version(lib))
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
+            lib_version = Version(lib)
     else:
         raise TypeError(
             "'lib' should either be the name of your library as a string or directly a 'Version' object."