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@@ -6,6 +6,36 @@ Change Log
 All notable changes to this code base will be documented in this file,
 in every released version.
 
+Version 2.12.0
+==============
+
+:Released:
+:Maintainer: Tom Schraitle
+
+Features
+--------
+
+n/a
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+* :gh:`291` (:pr:`292`): Disallow negative numbers of
+  major, minor, and patch for ``semver.VersionInfo``
+
+
+Additions
+---------
+
+n/a
+
+
+Deprecations
+------------
+
+n/a
+
 
 Version 2.11.0
 ==============
 
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ A :class:`semver.VersionInfo` instance can be created in different ways:
     >>> semver.VersionInfo(**d)
     VersionInfo(major=3, minor=4, patch=5, prerelease='pre.2', build='build.4')
 
+  Keep in mind, the ``major``, ``minor``, ``patch`` parts has to
+  be positive.
+
+    >>> semver.VersionInfo(-1)
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    ValueError: 'major' is negative. A version can only be positive.
+
   As a minimum requirement, your dictionary needs at least the ``major``
   key, others can be omitted. You get a ``TypeError`` if your
   dictionary contains invalid keys.
 
@@ -243,9 +243,24 @@ class VersionInfo(object):
     )
 
     def __init__(self, major, minor=0, patch=0, prerelease=None, build=None):
-        self._major = int(major)
-        self._minor = int(minor)
-        self._patch = int(patch)
+        # Build a dictionary of the arguments except prerelease and build
+        version_parts = {
+            "major": major,
+            "minor": minor,
+            "patch": patch,
+        }
+
+        for name, value in version_parts.items():
+            value = int(value)
+            version_parts[name] = value
+            if value < 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "{!r} is negative. A version can only be positive.".format(name)
+                )
+
+        self._major = version_parts["major"]
+        self._minor = version_parts["minor"]
+        self._patch = version_parts["patch"]
         self._prerelease = None if prerelease is None else str(prerelease)
         self._build = None if build is None else str(build)
 
 
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ def test_fordocstrings(func):
     assert func.__doc__, "Need a docstring for function %r" % func.__name
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "ver",
+    [
+        {"major": -1},
+        {"major": 1, "minor": -2},
+        {"major": 1, "minor": 2, "patch": -3},
+        {"major": 1, "minor": -2, "patch": 3},
+    ],
+)
+def test_should_not_allow_negative_numbers(ver):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=".* is negative. .*"):
+        VersionInfo(**ver)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "version,expected",
     [