>>> platform.platform() 'Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200' The change is trivial, just accounting for a point release of 2 (from the major release 6). --- a/Lib/platform.py +++ b/Lib/platform.py @@ -595,8 +595,13 @@ release = '7' else: release = '2008ServerR2' + elif min == 2: + if product_type == VER_NT_WORKSTATION: + release = '8' + else: + release = '2012Server' else: - release = 'post2008Server' + release = 'post2012Server'

Brian Curtin wrote: > > New submission from Brian Curtin: > >>>> platform.platform() > 'Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200' > > The change is trivial, just accounting for a point release of 2 (from the major release 6). Looks good. Please also backport this to Python 2.7. Thanks. > --- a/Lib/platform.py > +++ b/Lib/platform.py > @@ -595,8 +595,13 @@ > release = '7' > else: > release = '2008ServerR2' > + elif min == 2: > + if product_type == VER_NT_WORKSTATION: > + release = '8' > + else: > + release = '2012Server' > else: > - release = 'post2008Server' > + release = 'post2012Server' > > ---------- > assignee: brian.curtin > components: Library (Lib), Windows > messages: 172490 > nosy: brian.curtin > priority: normal > severity: normal > status: open > title: platform.platform() identifies Windows 8 as post2008Server > type: behavior > versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 > > _______________________________________ > Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> > <http://bugs.python.org/issue16176> > _______________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Python-bugs-list mailing list > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/mal%40egenix.com > -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/

New changeset 8245333db1e5 by Brian Curtin in branch '3.2': Fix #16176. Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform() http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8245333db1e5

New changeset e3acc945f0cb by Brian Curtin in branch '2.7': Fix #16176. Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform() http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e3acc945f0cb