Message 140830 - Python tracker

Message140830

Author	loewis
Recipients	Arfrever, Ramchandra Apte, amaury.forgeotdarc, djc, doko, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, jwilk, lemburg, loewis, neologix, petri.lehtinen, pitrou, python-dev, r.david.murray, rosslagerwall, vstinner
Date	2011-07-21.21:29:01
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Message-id	<4E289A1C.8010605@v.loewis.de>
In-reply-to	<1310719010.29.0.524397451586.issue12326@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> I'm still in favor of keeping sys.platform == 'linux3', and you? Still -1. It should be renamed to 'linux' in future releases, and back-patched to 'linux2' for maintenance releases. As for releases that are already out - users should be informed to not use those on Linux 3 (or not use Linux 3 on systems where they have the old Python releases).

Content

> I'm still in favor of keeping sys.platform == 'linux3', and you?

Still -1. It should be renamed to 'linux' in future releases, and
back-patched to 'linux2' for maintenance releases.

As for releases that are already out - users should be informed to
not use those on Linux 3 (or not use Linux 3 on systems where they
have the old Python releases).

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2011-07-21 21:29:02	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, lemburg, doko, amaury.forgeotdarc, pitrou, vstinner, jwilk, djc, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, Arfrever, r.david.murray, neologix, rosslagerwall, python-dev, petri.lehtinen, Ramchandra Apte
2011-07-21 21:29:01	loewis	link	issue12326 messages
2011-07-21 21:29:01	loewis	create