[Distutils] Platform naming standardization

[David Lyon]

> Nate wrote:

> I'd hate to see this only end up in 3.  We'll probably be supporting 2.x
> for a long time.
>
> Are we any closer to a plan? =)  I just found another: (g)libc version.

Well everyday we get closer to seeing the roadmap..

I can give an official answer on that. See:

http://us.pycon.org/2010/conference/talks/?search=packaging#63.%20%20The%20state%20of%20Packaging

Here my friend Tarek will speak on the distutils revamp that I have been
suggesting. If you can get along, it will be an extremely interesting
session..

David