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  r61672 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-20 17:13:48 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 2 lines

  Gave Jerry Seutter svn access for general Python development.
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  r61674 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-03-20 18:31:36 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 7 lines

  If Mark Hammonds win32 tools are not available, try to use the _winreg module
  and sys.getwindowsversion() to get at the Windows version info.

  For the machine and processor uname() values, use the environment variables
  for these on Windows XP and later.
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  r61676 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-03-20 18:55:31 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 5 lines

  Add documentation for updated Windows support in win32_ver().

  Add documentation for linux_distribution() API.
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  r61677 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-03-20 19:08:00 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 2 lines

  Add news items for platform module changes.
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  r61678 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-03-20 19:58:14 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 3 lines

  Clarfiy the availability of the extended support for win32_ver() in Py2.6.
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  r61681 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-03-20 23:49:26 +0100 (Do, 20 Mär 2008) | 1 line

  Add lots of items
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  r61683 | eric.smith | 2008-03-21 00:04:04 +0100 (Fr, 21 Mär 2008) | 1 line

  Fixed PEP name.
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  r61684 | eric.smith | 2008-03-21 00:56:08 +0100 (Fr, 21 Mär 2008) | 1 line

  Comment how 'from __future__ import print_function' operates in 3.0.
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Doc/library/platform.rst

@@ -187,8 +187,10 @@ Windows Platform
 
    .. note::
 
-      This function only works if Mark Hammond's :mod:`win32all` package is installed
-      and (obviously) only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.
+      Note: this function works best with Mark Hammond's
+      :mod:`win32all` package installed, but also on Python 2.3 and
+      later (support for this was added in Python 2.6). It obviously
+      only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.
 
 
 Win95/98 specific
@@ -222,13 +224,31 @@ Unix Platforms
 --------------
 
 
-.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake'))
+.. function:: dist(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...))
 
    Tries to determine the name of the OS distribution name Returns a tuple
    ``(distname, version, id)`` which defaults to the args given as parameters.
 
-.. XXX Document linux_distribution()?
+   ``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
+   distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
+   supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
+   name.
 
+.. function:: linux_distribution(distname='', version='', id='', supported_dists=('SuSE','debian','redhat','mandrake',...), full_distribution_name=1)
+
+   Tries to determine the name of the Linux OS distribution name.
+
+   ``supported_dists`` may be given to define the set of Linux
+   distributions to look for. It defaults to a list of currently
+   supported Linux distributions identified by their release file
+   name.
+
+   If ``full_distribution_name`` is true (default), the full
+   distribution read from the OS is returned. Otherwise the short name
+   taken from ``supported_dists`` is used.
+
+   Returns a tuple ``(distname,version,id)`` which defaults to the
+   args given as parameters.
 
 .. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=2048)
 

Lib/platform.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 __copyright__ = """
     Copyright (c) 1999-2000, Marc-Andre Lemburg; mailto:mal@lemburg.com
-    Copyright (c) 2000-2007, eGenix.com Software GmbH; mailto:info@egenix.com
+    Copyright (c) 2000-2008, eGenix.com Software GmbH; mailto:info@egenix.com
 
     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
     documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted,
@@ -525,7 +525,13 @@ def _win32_getvalue(key,name,default=''):
         In case this fails, default is returned.
 
     """
-    from win32api import RegQueryValueEx
+    try:
+        # Use win32api if available
+        from win32api import RegQueryValueEx
+    except ImportError:
+        # On Python 2.0 and later, emulate using _winreg
+        import _winreg
+        RegQueryValueEx = _winreg.QueryValueEx
     try:
         return RegQueryValueEx(key,name)
     except:
@@ -545,9 +551,9 @@ def win32_ver(release='',version='',csd='',ptype=''):
         means the OS version uses debugging code, i.e. code that
         checks arguments, ranges, etc. (Thomas Heller).
 
-        Note: this function only works if Mark Hammond's win32
-        package is installed and obviously only runs on Win32
-        compatible platforms.
+        Note: this function works best with Mark Hammond's win32
+        package installed, but also on Python 2.3 and later. It
+        obviously only runs on Win32 compatible platforms.
 
     """
     # XXX Is there any way to find out the processor type on WinXX ?
@@ -561,11 +567,29 @@ def win32_ver(release='',version='',csd='',ptype=''):
     # Import the needed APIs
     try:
         import win32api
+        from win32api import RegQueryValueEx, RegOpenKeyEx, \
+             RegCloseKey, GetVersionEx
+        from win32con import HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, \
+             VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS, VER_NT_WORKSTATION
     except ImportError:
-        return release,version,csd,ptype
-    from win32api import RegQueryValueEx,RegOpenKeyEx,RegCloseKey,GetVersionEx
-    from win32con import HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT,\
-                         VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS
+        # Emulate the win32api module using Python APIs
+        try:
+            sys.getwindowsversion
+        except AttributeError:
+            # No emulation possible, so return the defaults...
+            return release,version,csd,ptype
+        else:
+            # Emulation using _winreg (added in Python 2.0) and
+            # sys.getwindowsversion() (added in Python 2.3)
+            import _winreg
+            GetVersionEx = sys.getwindowsversion
+            RegQueryValueEx = _winreg.QueryValueEx
+            RegOpenKeyEx = _winreg.OpenKeyEx
+            RegCloseKey = _winreg.CloseKey
+            HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = _winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+            VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS = 1
+            VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2
+            VER_NT_WORKSTATION = 1
 
     # Find out the registry key and some general version infos
     maj,min,buildno,plat,csd = GetVersionEx()
@@ -602,11 +626,18 @@ def win32_ver(release='',version='',csd='',ptype=''):
         elif maj == 6:
             if min == 0:
                 # Per http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724429.aspx
-                productType = GetVersionEx(1)[8]
-                if productType == 1: # VER_NT_WORKSTATION
+                try:
+                    productType = GetVersionEx(1)[8]
+                except TypeError:
+                    # sys.getwindowsversion() doesn't take any arguments, so
+                    # we cannot detect 2008 Server that way.
+                    # XXX Add some other means of detecting 2008 Server ?!
                     release = 'Vista'
                 else:
-                    release = '2008Server'
+                    if productType == VER_NT_WORKSTATION:
+                        release = 'Vista'
+                    else:
+                        release = '2008Server'
             else:
                 release = 'post2008Server'
     else:
@@ -617,9 +648,9 @@ def win32_ver(release='',version='',csd='',ptype=''):
 
     # Open the registry key
     try:
-        keyCurVer = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,regkey)
+        keyCurVer = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, regkey)
         # Get a value to make sure the key exists...
-        RegQueryValueEx(keyCurVer,'SystemRoot')
+        RegQueryValueEx(keyCurVer, 'SystemRoot')
     except:
         return release,version,csd,ptype
 
@@ -1044,10 +1075,12 @@ def uname():
             release,version,csd,ptype = win32_ver()
             if release and version:
                 use_syscmd_ver = 0
-            # XXX Should try to parse the PROCESSOR_* environment variables
+            # Try to use the PROCESSOR_* environment variables
             # available on Win XP and later; see
             # http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888731 and
             # http://www.geocities.com/rick_lively/MANUALS/ENV/MSWIN/PROCESSI.HTM
+            machine = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE', '')
+            processor = os.environ.get('PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER', machine)
 
         # Try the 'ver' system command available on some
         # platforms

Lib/test/test_print.py

 """Test correct operation of the print function.
 """
 
+# In 2.6, this gives us the behavior we want.  In 3.0, it has
+#  no function, but it still must parse correctly.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import unittest

Misc/developers.txt

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ the format to accommodate documentation needs as they arise.
 Permissions History
 -------------------
 
+- Jerry Seutter was given SVN access on 20 March 2008 by BAC, for
+  general contributions to Python.
+
 - Jeff Rush was given SVN access on 18 March 2008 by AMK, for Distutils work.
 
 - David Wolever was given SVN access on 17 March 2008 by MvL,