@@ -11,16 +11,18 @@
 import os
 import re
 import tarfile
 import glob
 import time
+import datetime
 from http import HTTP
 from gzip import open as gzopen
 from settings import global_settings
 
 
 __all__ = [
+    'parse_version',
     'read_file',
     'write_file',
     'readlines_file',
     'up',
     'abspath',
@@ -38,10 +40,18 @@
     'w2p_pack_plugin',
     'w2p_unpack_plugin',
     'fix_newlines',
     'make_fake_file_like_object',
     ]
+
+def parse_version(version = "Version 1.99.0 (2011-09-19 08:23:26)"):
+    re_version = re.compile('[^\d]+ (\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\s*\((?P<datetime>.+?)\)\s*(?P<type>[a-z]+)?')
+    m = re_version.match(version)
+    a,b,c = int(m.group(1)),int(m.group(2)),int(m.group(3)),
+    s = m.group('type') or 'dev'
+    d = datetime.datetime.strptime(m.group('datetime'),'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+    return (a,b,c,d,s)
 
 def read_file(filename, mode='r'):
     "returns content from filename, making sure to close the file explicitly on exit."
     f = open(filename, mode)
     try:
@@ -382,6 +392,8 @@
         def write(self, value):
             pass
         def close(self):
             pass
     return LogFile()
+
+