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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Incomplete / incorrect version splitting for REST API endpoint","articleBody":"Upstream in the 5.2 branch the API version is defined as `5.2+`:\n\nhttps://github.com/bugzilla/bugzilla/blob/6525e6d90f15fed7d87f591f38f5578ce403dc1b/Bugzilla/Constants.pm#L203 \n\nUnfortunately, python-bugzilla expects to split version on the `.` and retrieve two ints:\n\n```\nBugzilla version string: 5.2+\nversion doesn't match expected format X.Y.Z, assuming 5.0\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/bugzilla/base.py\", line 447, in _set_bz_version\n    major, minor = [int(i) for i in version.split(\".\")[0:2]]\n                    ~~~^^^\nValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '2+'\n```\n\nhttps://github.com/python-bugzilla/python-bugzilla/blob/78f9ada45640778639e353b8331fae550b075779/bugzilla/base.py#L444-L453\n\nWe've dropped the `+` in the Gentoo Bugzilla in the interim, but clearly the current handling does not reflect the reality of modern Bugzilla. The fallback to `5.0` is \"fine\", but ideally we would strip the `+` or something so that we:\n\n1. get accurate version information\n2. don't display a traceback when we connect to the API","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Kangie","@type":"Person","name":"Kangie"},"datePublished":"2025-10-11T00:51:44.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/238/python-bugzilla/issues/238"}