Replace distutils.version.LooseVersion with packaging.version.Version

dandi/pynwb_utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from collections import Counter
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import os
 import os.path as op
 import re
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 import h5py
 import hdmf
 import numpy as np
+from packaging.version import Version
 import pynwb
 from pynwb import NWBHDF5IO
 import semantic_version
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def log(v):  # does nothing
         log(f"{msg} is not text which follows semver specification")
 
     if isinstance(v, str) and not semantic_version.validate(v):
-        msgtype = "error" if LooseVersion(v) >= "2.1.0" else "warning"
+        msgtype = "error" if Version(v) >= Version("2.1.0") else "warning"
         log(f"{msgtype}: {msg} is not a proper semantic version. See http://semver.org")
 
     return v
@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ def validate(path, devel_debug=False):
             # Explicitly sanitize so we collect warnings.
             # TODO: later cast into proper ERRORs
             version = _sanitize_nwb_version(version, log=errors.append)
-            loosever = LooseVersion(version)
-            if loosever and loosever < "2.1.0":
+            try:
+                v = Version(version)
+            except ValueError:
+                v = None
+            if v is not None and v < Version("2.1.0"):
                 errors_ = errors[:]
                 errors = [e for e in errors if not re_ok_prior_210.search(str(e))]
                 if errors != errors_: