[issue28468] Add platform.freedesktop_osrelease()

[Matthias Klose]

Matthias Klose <doko at debian.org> added the comment:

> Since the filename is now fixed and the format is well specified,
> IMO it's perfectly fine to add PR 23492.

I disagree with that. The distro module is the preferred way to do this (which cannot be used in the Python core).  The rationale given is an not yet investigated issue with a timeout in tk/ttk, which from my point of view is not good enough to add a public API.

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