From ecf89ee8c2646b98795e24e0c51b6e7fd228dca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Magee <brennan@xmos.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:25:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Switch to using StrictVersion in wx_compat.py

---
 lib/matplotlib/backends/wx_compat.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/wx_compat.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/wx_compat.py
index 7bd5806519df..c547aa1f0d38 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/wx_compat.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/wx_compat.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                         unicode_literals)
 
 import six
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
 missingwx = "Matplotlib backend_wx and backend_wxagg require wxPython>=2.9"
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     raise ImportError(missingwx)
 
 # Ensure we have the correct version imported
-if LooseVersion(wx.VERSION_STRING) < LooseVersion("2.9"):
+if StrictVersion(wx.VERSION_STRING) < StrictVersion("2.9"):
     raise ImportError(missingwx)
 
 if is_phoenix:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def _AddTool(parent, wx_ids, text, bmp, tooltip_text):
     else:
         add_tool = parent.DoAddTool
 
-    if not is_phoenix or LooseVersion(wx.VERSION_STRING) >= str("4.0.0b2"):
+    if not is_phoenix or StrictVersion(wx.VERSION_STRING) >= str("4.0.0b2"):
         # NOTE: when support for Phoenix prior to 4.0.0b2 is dropped then
         # all that is needed is this clause, and the if and else clause can
         # be removed.