def clean_semver(cls, version_spec):
        return re.sub(r"([<>=~])\s+?v?", "\\1", version_spec, re.IGNORECASE)
def remove_item(self, item):
    if (self._locker.is_unlocked("prevent_removal_below_min_size")
        and len(self._items) == self._min_size):
      return