[issue19143] Finding the Windows version getting messier (detect windows 8.1?)

[Roundup Robot]

Roundup Robot added the comment:

New changeset d8453733cc0c by Steve Dower in branch '2.7':
Issue #19143: platform module now reads Windows version from kernel32.dll to avoid compatibility shims.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d8453733cc0c

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