[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2013-05-19 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: It appears from previous comments that this is not needed so can be closed. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7146 ___

[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2009-10-20 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou pit...@free.fr added the comment: x86-64 is now the common name for the 64-bit instruction set implemented by mainstream AMD and Intel processors. Even on the AMD web site, x86-64 shows up more often than AMD64 (says Google). -- nosy: +pitrou

[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2009-10-20 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: I'm not sure that changing this would do any good. Applications may rely on the status quo, so I fail to see the point in breaking them. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2009-10-16 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Marc-Andre Lemburg m...@egenix.com added the comment: Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote: Looking at http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue1 and reading the source of Lib/platform.py, it appears to me that uname() returns different strings identifying the amd64 architecture depending on what

[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2009-10-15 Thread Zooko O'Whielacronx
New submission from Zooko O'Whielacronx zo...@zooko.com: Looking at http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue1 and reading the source of Lib/platform.py, it appears to me that uname() returns different strings identifying the amd64 architecture depending on what operating system is running. It

[issue7146] [PATCH] platform.uname()[4] returns 'amd64' on Windows and 'x86-64' on Linux

2009-10-15 Thread Philip Jenvey
Changes by Philip Jenvey pjen...@underboss.org: -- nosy: +lemburg, loewis ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7146 ___ ___