commit c1924ab729aeb380f63a7b1c8fcb61599f272300
author Brian Curtin <brian@python.org> Thu Oct 11 16:16:50 2012 -0500
committer Brian Curtin <brian@python.org> Thu Oct 11 16:16:50 2012 -0500
tree cd0b4efde602db6cbe6854b987b5eb14136adc43
parent 1e65159b340d4c91abd5a3bf5e6068f1d7cd50aa

Fix #16176. Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform()

Add handling of the 6.2 release line, aka Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server.

Lib/platform.py

diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 20b9175..c0016a8 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -673,8 +673,13 @@
                     release = '7'
                 else:
                     release = '2008ServerR2'
+            elif min == 2:
+                if product_type == VER_NT_WORKSTATION:
+                    release = '8'
+                else:
+                    release = '2012Server'
             else:
-                release = 'post2008Server'
+                release = 'post2012Server'
 
     else:
         if not release: