[issue32637] Android: set sys.platform to android

STINNER Victor added the comment: Sadly, I failed to find anyone to help me on this issue and I lost interest on supporting Android, so I just close the issue. Sorry. -- resolution: -> out of date stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___

[issue32637] Android: set sys.platform to android

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STINNER Victor added the comment: I propose to leave MACHDEP unchanged: keep MACHDEP="linux". Can it create inconsistencies? Is it an issue in practice? My short term goal is to use sys.platform == 'android' has the reference test to check if we are running on Android. -- __

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STINNER Victor added the comment: A similar change was proposed by pmp-p on MicroPython: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/3564 His use case is to use ffi module on Android (see the PR for more information), currently ffi fails to locate libraries. -- _

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STINNER Victor added the comment: The idea was first discussed on python-dev: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2018-January/151874.html me: "It seems like sys.platform == 'android' would be more appropriate since Android is not Linux: different libc, different filesystems, etc." h

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STINNER Victor added the comment: Wait, os.name is 'posix' on Android. That's fine in fact. Only sys.platform should be updated. -- title: Android: set sys.platform and os.name to android -> Android: set sys.platform to android ___ Python tracker