[issue12794] platform: add a major function to get the system major version

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

> Can you please elaborate why we need it?

platform.major() will be needed if we remove the major version for all platforms from sys.platform (issue #12795). See sys_platform_without_major.patch attached to issue #12795 see how it is used.

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