Martin von Gagern <martin.vgag...@gmx.net> added the comment:
As people keep stating how easy the change from sys.platform == 'linux2' to
sys.platform.startswith('linux') is, e.g. msg142385, please also keep in mind
cases like someDict.get(sys.platform) where the comparison is implicit and
therefore a simple change to startswith won't do the trick. Seen that in the
wild.
Besides that, I can only wholeheartedly agree to the points so eloquently
described by Martin v. Löwis and James Y Knight. Thanks!
Let's please force it to 'linux2' for the next 2.7 and 3.2 releases, so people
can use recent kernels without breaking (or having to rewrite) third-party
apps. Let's also encourage distros to do the same for older releases, perhaps
even suggesting patches.
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