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# is_version_compatible

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.Version.is_version_compatible"> <span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">is\_version\_compatible</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">other</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span><a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-python/blob/master/gpudb/gpudb.py#L4636"><span className="viewcode-link"><span className="pre">\[source]</span></span></a></div>

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      <p>Given another version, are the two compatible based on just the first two components taken into account? We don’t take the 3rd and 4th components into account since the server and the API ought to work as long as the first two components match.</p>

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        <div className="dt">TODO: Possibly add another optional parameter for taking how many</div>

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          <p>components to take into account when checking for compatibility.</p>
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      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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            <div className="dt">other (<a className="reference internal" href="#gpudb.GPUdb.Version" title="gpudb.GPUdb.Version"><code className="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span className="pre">GPUdb.Version</span></code></a>) –</div>

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              <p>The other version object.</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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          <p>True if the two are compatible, False otherwise.</p>
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