[New-bugs-announce] [issue40973] platform.platform() in Python 3.8 does not report detailed Linux platform information

[Ben Du]

New submission from Ben Du <legendu.net at outlook.com>:

The function platform.platform() does not report detailed Linux platform information (Ubuntu, Debain, CentOS, etc). This information is reported in Python 3.7 and earlier.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 371488
nosy: legendu
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: platform.platform() in Python 3.8 does not report detailed Linux platform information
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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