[issue12326] Linux 3: code should avoid using sys.platform == 'linux2'

[Barry A. Warsaw]

Barry A. Warsaw <barry at python.org> added the comment:

On Oct 04, 2011, at 01:03 PM, Boštjan Mejak wrote:

>I have a better idea... Why don't we change the "linux2" string into just
>"linux". That way we will never run into this kind of issue, even in the
>future when Linux kernel version 4 is going to exist. Any thoughts on this?

Python 3.3 already sets sys.platform to 'linux'.  It can't be done for older
versions due to backward compatibility.

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