[Python-checkins] commit of r41406 - python/trunk/Lib

Mon Nov 7 17:11:03 CET 2005

Author: marc-andre.lemburg
Date: Mon Nov 7 17:11:02 2005
New Revision: 41406
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/platform.py
Log:
Patch by pythonic <pythonic at gmail.com> to support Fedora
as Linux distro.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/platform.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/platform.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/platform.py	Mon Nov 7 17:11:02 2005
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 # Colin Kong, Trent Mick, Guido van Rossum
 #
 # History:
+#
+# <see CVS and SVN checkin messages for history>
+#
 # 1.0.3 - added normalization of Windows system name
 # 1.0.2 - added more Windows support
 # 1.0.1 - reformatted to make doc.py happy
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.0.2'
+__version__ = '1.0.4'
 
 import sys,string,os,re
 
@@ -217,9 +220,12 @@
 _release_filename = re.compile(r'(\w+)[-_](release|version)')
 _release_version = re.compile(r'([\d.]+)[^(]*(?:\((.+)\))?')
 
+# Note:In supported_dists below we need 'fedora' before 'redhat' as in
+# Fedora redhat-release is a link to fedora-release.
+
 def dist(distname='',version='',id='',
 
- supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake')):
+ supported_dists=('SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'mandrake')):
 
 """ Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name.
 
