# HG changeset patch
# User Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
# Date 1176998083 -7200
# Node ID bf8319ee3428048a9ef96cc855492860f88ecceb
# Parent  97962a3e73cfe0474fe0ba466d457f9addda18de# Parent  aed9e6dceb85f5d00b53c2c5e22ce5ede37af38b
Merge with crew-stable

diff --git a/mercurial/httprepo.py b/mercurial/httprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/httprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/httprepo.py
@@ -279,11 +279,12 @@ class httprepository(remoterepository):
 
         if proto.startswith('application/mercurial-'):
             try:
-                version = float(proto[22:])
+                version = proto.split('-', 1)[1]
+                version_info = tuple([int(n) for n in version.split('.')])
             except ValueError:
                 raise hg.RepoError(_("'%s' sent a broken Content-type "
                                      "header (%s)") % (self._url, proto))
-            if version > 0.1:
+            if version_info > (0, 1):
                 raise hg.RepoError(_("'%s' uses newer protocol %s") %
                                    (self._url, version))