From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:00:08 +0000 (+0100) Subject: [3.12] gh-131741: Add documentation for Windows version detection change in `platform... X-Git-Tag: v3.12.10~59 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b7c53716217c738a6fdffd9cefd2df96b91d4b09;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git [3.12] gh-131741: Add documentation for Windows version detection change in `platform` (GH-131742) (#131768) gh-131741: Add documentation for Windows version detection change in `platform` (GH-131742) Document the behavior change between 3.11 & 3.12, where ``platform`` now correctly detects Windows 11 and Windows Server releases past Windows Server 2012. (cherry picked from commit b9ca438daab6a4e2513ab38171e94c75da03d6e3) Co-authored-by: Idan Noiman Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Wulian <1055917385@qq.com> --- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index add932b47d7d..25e12d65084c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -818,6 +818,14 @@ pathlib :meth:`pathlib.Path.rglob` and :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.match` for matching the path's case sensitivity, allowing for more precise control over the matching process. +platform +-------- + +* Add support for detecting Windows 11 and Windows Server releases past 2012. + Previously, lookups on Windows Server platforms newer than Windows Server 2012 + and on Windows 11 would return ``Windows-10``. + (Contributed by Steve Dower in :gh:`89545`.) + pdb ---