STINNER Victor <victor.stin...@haypocalc.com> added the comment: If we change Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.2 to force sys.platform to linux2 (instead of linux3) and use "linux" in Python 3.3, we will have 3 differents values of sys.platform if Python is built on Linux 3:
- "linux3" on Python <= 2.7.2 or Python <= 3.2.1 - "linux2" on 2.7.3 <= Python or 3.2.2 <= Python < 3.3 - "linux" on Python >= 3.3 I don't see how it will help backward or forward compatibility... It's exactly as the current state (sys.platform == 'linux3' on all Python versions): applications have to use sys.platform.startswith() to work correctly on any Linux version. Well, except maybe if you plan to write applications working only on Python >= 2.7.3? ... this version is not released yet. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12326> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
