Message 327345 - Python tracker

Message327345

Author	rb
Recipients	berker.peksag, christian.heimes, doko, lemburg, lukasz.langa, mbussonn, ned.deily, petr.viktorin, rb, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner, yan12125
Date	2018-10-08.11:59:32
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Message-id	<1538999972.52.0.545547206417.issue28167@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> Maintaining the necessary logic Python is not really possible in the stdlib. It's better to have a PyPI module for this which can be updated much more easily. The /etc/os-release syntax is stable, the file is implemented nearly everywhere and is unlikely to change, so I don't see why it'll be difficult to maintain. Just parse and give us the key/value pairs, please! It's disappointing to have to add Yet Another Dependency to get this functionality, contrary to Python's "batteries included" philosophy.

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> Maintaining the necessary logic Python is not really possible in the stdlib. It's better to have a PyPI module for this which can be updated much more easily.

The /etc/os-release syntax is stable, the file is implemented nearly everywhere and is unlikely to change, so I don't see why it'll be difficult to maintain. Just parse and give us the key/value pairs, please!

It's disappointing to have to add Yet Another Dependency to get this functionality, contrary to Python's "batteries included" philosophy.

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