def compatible_platforms(provided, required):
    if provided is None or required is None or provided==required:
        # easy case
        return True

    # Mac OS X special cases
    reqMac = macosVersionString.match(required)
    if reqMac:
        provMac = macosVersionString.match(provided)

        # is this a Mac package?
        if not provMac:
            # this is backwards compatibility for packages built before
            # setuptools 0.6. All packages built after this point will
            # use the new macosx designation.
            provDarwin = darwinVersionString.match(provided)
            if provDarwin:
                dversion = int(provDarwin.group(1))
                macosversion = "%s.%s" % (reqMac.group(1), reqMac.group(2))
                if dversion == 7 and macosversion >= "10.3" or \
                        dversion == 8 and macosversion >= "10.4":
                    return True
            # egg isn't macosx or legacy darwin
            return False

        # are they the same major version and machine type?
        if provMac.group(1) != reqMac.group(1) or \
                provMac.group(3) != reqMac.group(3):
            return False

        # is the required OS major update >= the provided one?
        if int(provMac.group(2)) > int(reqMac.group(2)):
            return False

        return True

    # XXX Linux and other platforms' special cases should go here
    return False
Currently unimplemented due to complexity of perserving this behavior
dataset/ETHPy150Open anzev/hedwig/build/pip/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py/compatible_platforms--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open gmr/mredis/mredis/client.py/MRedis.zinterstore