X-Git-Url: https://mudpy.org/gitweb?p=mudpy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=mudpy%2Fversion.py;fp=mudpy%2Fversion.py;h=aa1e3ebb6a4709f23d209500d996c4754eb814f7;hp=d99617e590aa218e640583d312429ec846205cf6;hb=6f1c33f05d3334c44d2afd4a8b062f18111e1846;hpb=e7543a4ea7d8427f6590102f3f3d81a7548e808e

diff --git a/mudpy/version.py b/mudpy/version.py
index d99617e..aa1e3eb 100644
--- a/mudpy/version.py
+++ b/mudpy/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Version and diagnostic information for the mudpy engine."""
 
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2020 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2021 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
 # modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms
 # provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
@@ -113,8 +113,16 @@ class Versions:
 
 
 def _normalize_project(project_name):
-    """Convenience function to normalize Python project names."""
+    """Strip and normalize Python project names."""
+
+    # Use lower-case names for ease of comparison
     if use_importlib:
-        return project_name.lower()
+        project_name = project_name.lower()
     else:
-        return pkg_resources.safe_name(project_name).lower()
+        project_name = pkg_resources.safe_name(project_name).lower()
+
+    # Remove any version specifiers included with requirements strings
+    for operator in ' <>=!':
+        project_name = project_name.split(operator)[0]
+
+    return project_name