Способ 1:

from pkg_resources import parse_version

def test_version_sorting():

expected = ['1.0.0dev0',

'1.0.0dev1',

'1.0.0dev2',

'1.0.0dev10',

'1.0.0rc0',

'1.0.0rc2',

'1.0.0rc5',

'1.0.0rc21',

'1.0.0',

'1.1.0',

'1.1.1',

'1.1.11',

'1.2.0',

'1.3.0',

'1.23.0',

'2.0.0', ]

alphabetical = sorted(expected)

shuffled = sorted(expected, key=lambda x: random())

assert expected == sorted(alphabetical, key=parse_version)

assert expected == sorted(shuffled, key=parse_version)

Способ 2:

>>> from distutils.version import LooseVersion

>>> versions = ["1.7.0", "1.7.0rc0", "1.11.0"]

>>> sorted(versions, key=LooseVersion)

['1.7.0', '1.7.0rc0', '1.11.0']