[issue12326] Linux 3: code should avoid using sys.platform == 'linux2'

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Please reread the quoted sentence:
> 
> The *compile time* version information needs to be preserved.

Then please give it a very explicit name, such as "sys.build_platform"
or "sys.compile_time_version_info". We don't want people to be misled by
yet another platform identification attribute.

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