ss="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OLD</span></code> behavior of this policy drops leading zeros in all components,
e.g.  such that version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1.07.06</span></code> becomes <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1.7.6</span></code>.  The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEW</span></code> behavior
of this policy preserves the leading zeros in all components, such that
version <code cla