Bug #18141
platform.linux_distribution() is deprecated; stop using it
Start date:
12/04/2016
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Regression:
No
Severity:
3 - minor
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Description
platform.linux_distribution() is deprecated, so we should stop using it.
(For example, it uses /etc/SuSE-release on SUSE systems, and the latest SUSE versions do not ship this file.)
Given that we already have OS.from_os_release() in teuthology, it seems to me that we could simply rip out the code that uses platform.linux_distribution().
History
#1 Updated by Tim Serong almost 3 years ago
See also bug #18163
#2 Updated by Nathan Cutler almost 3 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Need Review
#3 Updated by Alfredo Deza almost 3 years ago
I don't see how this is deprecated. Can you elaborate a bit how this doesn't work?
vagrant@sles12-sp1:~> python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Dec 21 2014, 11:02:59) [GCC] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import platform
>>> platform.linux_distribution()
('SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ', '12', 'x86_64')
>>>
#4 Updated by Nathan Cutler almost 3 years ago
@Alfredo: SLES 12 has /etc/SuSE-release. Try Tumbleweed, for example, where you will get ('', '', ''). If you have access to the latest Fedora, you might be able to reproduce this behavior there, too.
#5 Updated by Nathan Cutler about 1 year ago
- Status changed from Need Review to Resolved