STINNER Victor <vstin...@redhat.com> added the comment:
> Now in order to keep the module more or less up-to-date, it still > required regular updates, so the plan was to have it updated in the > current versions of Python, but allow it to be used in older Python > versions as well. That was the compromise to have it in the stdlib > and not external. Otherwise, I would have not added it to the stdlib. I don't understand if you are describing the current status or the history here. Do you know users who don't use platform form the stdlib, but use a more recent copy? These users cannot get a more recent version of Python? When you talk about copying Lib/platform.py from master to Python 2.7, are you talking about the ability to copy platform.py from master into an application to get a more recent version on Python 2.7? If yes, I don't understand how you plan to add back the linux_distribution() feature? Sorry, I'm still lost :-( ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue35346> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
