The less than check for ip_interface behavior seems weird. I am not sure if this is by design. We are just comparing the network address but when network address is equal we should compare the ip address.The expectation is if a < b is False then b <= a must be True>>> import ipaddress>>> a = ipaddress.ip_interface("1.1.1.1/24")>>> b = ipaddress.ip_interface("1.1.1.2/24")>>> a < bFalse>>> b <= aFalse>>> a == bFalse>>> This happens with both v4 and v6The tests were passing because in ComparisonTests we were testing with prefix length of 32 which means the whole ip address became the network address.I have made a fix here:https://github.com/s-sanjay/cpython/commit/14975f58539308b7af5a1519705fb8cd95ad7951I can add more tests and send PR but before that I wanted to confirm the behavior.

Indeed, this looks as a bug.>>> a < bFalse>>> b > aTrue

New changeset7bd8d3e794782582a4ad1c9749424fff86802c3e by Serhiy Storchaka (s-sanjay) in branch 'master':bpo-29931 fix __lt__ check in ipaddress.ip_interface for both v4 and v6. (#879)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7bd8d3e794782582a4ad1c9749424fff86802c3e

Serhiy, just checking whether this needs backport? The PR has the backport to 3.5 and 3.6 labels, but it's not indicated in this ticket.If it doesn't need backport, then perhaps we can close this issue.Thanks.

I think we should backport this to at least 3.6.

New changesetcf58dfb44cc11d41ea1473cd7436618b210b8258 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.6':[3.6]bpo-29931 fix __lt__ check in ipaddress.ip_interface for both v4 and v6. (GH-879) (#2217)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cf58dfb44cc11d41ea1473cd7436618b210b8258

New changesetc5a6fb654a280c7b17f1d348e2e40d62ca04c5d3 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.5':[3.5]bpo-29931 fix __lt__ check in ipaddress.ip_interface for both v4 and v6. (GH-879) (#2218)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5a6fb654a280c7b17f1d348e2e40d62ca04c5d3