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Author	lemburg
Recipients	lemburg, neologix, pitrou, rosslagerwall, vstinner
Date	2011-05-23.13:30:13
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Message-id	<4DDA6161.5090604@egenix.com>
In-reply-to	<1306157255.86.0.897299228515.issue12158@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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STINNER Victor wrote: > > STINNER Victor <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> added the comment: > > Use "%s.%s.%s" % linux_version() if you would like to format the version. The format is well defined. (You should only do that under Linux.) No, please follow the API conventions in that module and use a string. You can then use linux_version().split('.') in code that want to do version comparisons. Thanks, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com ________________________________________________________________________ 2011-06-20: EuroPython 2011, Florence, Italy 28 days to go ::: 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/

STINNER Victor wrote:
> 
> STINNER Victor <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> added the comment:
> 
> Use "%s.%s.%s" % linux_version() if you would like to format the version. The format is well defined. (You should only do that under Linux.)

No, please follow the API conventions in that module and use a string.

You can then use linux_version().split('.') in code that want to
do version comparisons.

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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2011-06-20: EuroPython 2011, Florence, Italy               28 days to go

::: 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/

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2011-05-23 13:30:13	lemburg	set	recipients: + lemburg, pitrou, vstinner, neologix, rosslagerwall
2011-05-23 13:30:13	lemburg	link	issue12158 messages
2011-05-23 13:30:13	lemburg	create