[issue12326] Linux 3: code should avoid using sys.platform == 'linux2'
James Y Knight
report at bugs.python.org
Fri Aug 5 16:05:14 CEST 2011
James Y Knight <foom at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
Oh wow, so it depends on the *build* time major version? That's really not useful at all for linux 2.x and 3.x; there is nothing useful anyone can possibly do with the distinction between platform == "linux2" and platform == "linux3". All it could possibly do is to break apps.
Given that:
a) old versions of Python won't even build without a patch and
b) changing platform to linux3 will break a lot of python apps that check sys.platform.
c) It's completely useless to change it, as the change contains no actual information.
Why is forcing sys.platform to remain linux2 not the *obviously right thing to do*?
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nosy: +foom
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