def convert_str_version_number(version_str):
    """
    Convert the version number as a integer for easy comparisons

    :param version_str: str of the version number, e.g. '0.33'

    :returns: tuple of ints representing the version str
    """

    version_numbers = version_str.split('.')

    if len(version_numbers) != 2:
        raise ValueError(f"Version number is malformed: '{version_str}'")

    return tuple(int(part) for part in version_numbers)