From 2c7f3a774534537a400777496243741782472949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@humbughq.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:48:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] api: Fix version number check.

This fixes Trac #790.

(imported from commit 4bc82ac52298308bdb7d068ed6eee740e211aa56)
---
 humbug/__init__.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/humbug/__init__.py b/humbug/__init__.py
index 986701b..c650d54 100644
--- a/humbug/__init__.py
+++ b/humbug/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import urlparse
 import sys
 import os
 import optparse
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ __version__ = "0.1.4"
 
 # Check that we have a recent enough version
 # Older versions don't provide the 'json' attribute on responses.
-assert(requests.__version__ >= '0.12.1')
+assert(LooseVersion(requests.__version__) >= LooseVersion('0.12.1'))
 # In newer versions, the 'json' attribute is a function, not a property
 requests_json_is_function = not isinstance(requests.Response.json, property)