[Distutils] distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows

[Mark Hammond]

> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> >>> So how about something like:
> >>>     win-x86_64
> >>>     win-ia64
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64 notes that 'x64' is a
> common name, so
> >> how does 'win-x64' and 'win-ia64' sound as a compromise?
> I'm happy to let
> >> any other informal "votes" make a final decision though...
> > win-x64 and win-ia64 sound fine to me, for whatever that's
> worth.  :)
>
> Along with win-x32?

The plan is to leave 32bit windows alone - it will continue to return
'win32'

> (I suggest win32-x86, win64-x86 and win64-ia, but as I don't plan on
> using more than one of them, I don't particularly care.
> win32, (or was
> that win-32?,) win-x64 and win-ia64 seem fine, if that's what
> gets chosen.)

I'd be inclined to agree if 32bit windows was also up for a change - but I
see no good reason to do that, and a number of bad ones.  It does mean there
will be a slight inconsistency in the names, but I think we can live with
that - ie:

pywin32-211.win32-py2.5.msi
pywin32-211.win-x64-py2.5.msi
pywin32-211.win-ia64-py2.5.msi

Would be the names pywin32 uses for the relevant platforms, and although
there is an extra dash in the 64bit versions, I think it looks quite
reasonable.

Cheers,

Mark