Marc-Andre Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> added the comment:
On 25.11.2020 10:06, Christian Heimes wrote: > > It's not a replacement for platform.linux_distribution(). Right, not even that :-) It would be an interface to a file /etc/os-release that's common nowadays, just like /etc/lsb-release was some years ago. These things change too often to make the stdlib a good fit. I'm pretty sure distros will invent something new in 5 years which would then render the API mostly useless again. To get a sense of the complexity involved in all this, have a look at how Ansible does this: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/ea119d30894478b84b5fbe271f580cb2b0401b86/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/distribution.py It's not just about the file name, the content also needs a lot of massaging to make it useful for a general purpose API. And the content quirks are not set in stone either. Here's a ticket where Debian, for example, drops the version info from the file: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/19874 -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Nov 25 2020) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... https://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Product Development ... https://consulting.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 https://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ https://www.malemburg.com/ ---------- title: Add platform.freedesktop_os_release() -> Add platform.freedesktop_osrelease() _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue28468> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
