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

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> So what about doing the same for FreeBSD, SunOS, and Windows?

I agree that's definitely out of scope of this issue.

> If we're changing "linux2" / "linux3" to just "linux", we should be
> consistent and do it for everybody.  I propose sys.platform under 3.3
> should contain things like "linux", "freebsd", "openbsd", "darwin",
> and "windows".

Definitely not. The reasoning that applies to Linux doesn't necessarily
apply to the other systems. My understanding that it definitely does not
apply to HP-UX, where major version number changes really indicate major
changes (unlike in Linux).

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