build providers: use PEP-440 compliant version comparison operator
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Merged updates to build providers, replacing manual version checks with pkg_resources for PEP-440 compliance. Approved by reviewer, passed CI, and modified one file (+5/-10).
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Issue body
Now that we're using PEP-440 compliant versioning, use the version
objects provided by pkg_resources for comparison.
Signed-off-by: Chris Patterson <chris.patterson@canonical.com>
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged updates to build providers, replacing manual version checks with pkg_resources for PEP-440 compliance. Approved by reviewer, passed CI, and modified one file (+5/-10). | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged update to build providers for PEP-440 compliant version comparison using pkg_resources. The change aligns version handling with the new project versioning scheme and was approved without comments. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged. Updated build providers to use pkg_resources version objects for PEP-440 compliant comparison, replacing legacy operators to align with the project's standardized versioning scheme. |
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