* API cleanup: all `version_compare*` methods are now replaced with
`version_compare2()`, `version_compare3()`, and `version_compare4()`
which are consistent and suggest the number of arguments.
`version_compare_simple()`, `version_compare_flags()`, and
`version_compare_flags2()` are thus deprecated and will be removed in
further releases.
* Also deprecate `version_signature_simple()` which had no practical use.