guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg great idea sounds like pep informational probably would good idea tue mar 18 2008 459 pm bill janssen wrote dont think bikeshedding debate amd64 vs amd64 vs x86_64 reminded ive bit frequently bits platformspecific knowledge scattered around standard library latest code distutilsunixccompiler tries figure flags send linker order add dynamic library path lookup shared library lots different ways figuring platform used theyre place code distutilsunixccompiler uses sysplatform6 looks darwin code urllibpy uses osname expects mac later looks sysplatform darwin posixfile believes platforms come version numbers linux2 aix4 pydoc tarfile tests sysplatform mac tempfile looks ossysplatform osname could well correct believe mac instance refers generations mac os os x means someone tries update python new major version release say os x really easy miss things fact platform version sometimes included sometimes also problematic darwin9 different darwin8 important aspects would nice come list standard platform symbols b put symbols somewhere documentation c one way discovering via sys os platform whichever module add standard way discovering platform version e stamp ways crept years bill _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevguido40pythonorg guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 091956 0700 pythondev platform management