incorrect detection of information of some distributions python2

[mrandybu]

BPO	33513
Nosy	@malemburg, @vstinner, @mrandybu
PRs	[2.7] bpo-33513: Fixed incorrect version linux detection (platform.py) #6855
Files	fix-issue-33513.patch

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closed_at = <Date 2018-05-17.07:11:11.798>
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labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'incorrect detection of information of some distributions python2'
updated_at = <Date 2018-05-17.07:11:11.797>
user = 'https://github.com/mrandybu'

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[mrandybu]

In some linux distributions, the information about the distribution is incorrectly determined when the linux_distribution() method is called from the platform class. Since the information file os-release becomes a certain standard, I propose first of all to check its availability and if it is in the system - parse the information from it.

[vstinner]

Oh wow. That looks more like a new feature than a bugfix or short cleanup. I'm not sure that it's ok to do it in Python 2.

platform.linux_distribution() is deprecated since Python 3.5 and just has been removed from Python 3.8: see bpo-28167.

I suggest to close this issue as WONTFIX, sorry.