apt/package.py: Add Package.get_version() which returns a Version instance

for the given version string or None (Closes: #523998)

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt/package.py b/apt/package.py
index 48d14595..0dcc8b74 100644
--- a/apt/package.py
+++ b/apt/package.py
@@ -994,6 +994,13 @@ class Package(object):
         """
         return [Version(self, ver) for ver in self._pkg.version_list]
 
+    def get_version(self, version):
+        """Get the Version instance matching the given version string."""
+        for ver in self.versions:
+            if ver.version == version:
+                return ver
+        return None
+
     # depcache actions
 
     def mark_keep(self):
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6150632c..61ec1527 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ python-apt (0.7.91) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/python-apt.doc-base: register the documentation with the
     doc-base system (Closes: #525134)
 
+  [ Sebastian Heinlein ]
+  * apt/package.py: Add Package.get_version() which returns a Version instance
+    for the given version string or None (Closes: #523998)
+
  -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:36:45 +0200
 
 python-apt (0.7.90) experimental; urgency=low