# Module: `utils.version`

Utilities for version comparison

It is a bit ridiculous that we need these.

## 1 Function

`IPython.utils.version.``check_version`(v, check)

  check version string v >= check

  If dev/prerelease tags result in TypeError for string-number comparison, it is assumed that the dependency is satisfied. Users on dev branches are responsible for keeping their own packages up to date.