At some point the sys.platform == "linux2" check may no longer work on linux 3

Bug #803062 reported by Eric Casteleijn
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu One Client
Fix Released
Medium
Eric Casteleijn
Ubuntu One Control Panel
Fix Released
Medium
Eric Casteleijn
desktopcouch
Fix Released
Medium
Eric Casteleijn

Bug Description

On Oneiric and later, which is linux 3, the sys.platform == "linux2" check may cease to work. We need to change all occurrences of this to sys.platform.startswith("linux").

Related branches

Changed in ubuntuone-control-panel:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)
Changed in ubuntuone-client:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)
importance: High → Medium
Changed in ubuntuone-control-panel:
importance: High → Medium
Changed in desktopcouch:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Eric Casteleijn (thisfred)
Changed in ubuntuone-control-panel:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in desktopcouch:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: funniest-bug-titles
summary: - Unsurprisingly, sys.platform == "linux2" check no longer works on linux
- 3
+ At some point the sys.platform == "linux2" check may no longer work on
+ linux 3
description: updated
Changed in ubuntuone-client:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in ubuntuone-client:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
dobey (dobey)
Changed in ubuntuone-control-panel:
milestone: none → 1.1.1
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
dobey (dobey)
Changed in ubuntuone-client:
milestone: none → 1.7.1
dobey (dobey)
Changed in ubuntuone-client:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Chad Miller (cmiller)
Changed in desktopcouch:
milestone: none → 1.0.8
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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