From 5dc299b7889461c49b27ec8ced1050b5a3f9099c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YoSTEALTH <35307184+YoSTEALTH@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:19:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updated cython version check

---
 setup.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9dfd32d8..46b512ee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -120,11 +120,12 @@ def finalize_options(self):
         if need_cythonize:
             try:
                 import Cython
+                from distutils.version import LooseVersion
             except ImportError:
                 raise RuntimeError(
                     'please install Cython to compile uvloop from source')
 
-            if Cython.__version__ < '0.28':
+            if LooseVersion(Cython.__version__) < LooseVersion('0.28'):
                 raise RuntimeError(
                     'uvloop requires Cython version 0.28 or greater')