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Distro - an OS platform information API

Last release 3 years ago
no release in 18 months
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 8 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 16 of 16 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
10 years old
16 releases · first in 2016

Release timeline

16 releases since 2016

2016201820202022

Releases

1.9.024 Dec 20232 sources agree
Refactor distro.info() method to return an InfoDict [ #360 ]
ENHANCEMENTS:

Refactor distro.info() method to return an InfoDict [#360]

Ignore the file /etc/board-release [#353]

Ignore the file /etc/ec2_version [#359]

RELEASE:

Run Python 3.6 on Ubuntu 20.04 for CI and bump isort [#355]

TESTS:

Test on modern versions of CPython and PyPy and macOS [#362]

Add support for ALT Linux Server 10.1 distribution [#354]

Add Debian Testing to the tests [#356]

Update ArchLinux resource for tests [#352]
Open source →

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Replace setup.py with build [#342]

ENHANCEMENTS:

Lowered LinuxDistribution._distro_release_info method complexity [#327]
Added official support for Buildroot distribution [#329]
Added official support for Guix distribution [#330]
Added support for /etc/debian_version [#333] & [#349]
Fixed a typography in CONTRIBUTING.md [#340]
Improved README.md "Usage" code block [#343]

RELEASE:

Bumped black to v22.3.0 in pre-commit.ci configuration [#331]
Enabled GitHub Dependabot to keep GitHub Actions up to date [#335]

Open source →

1.7.015 Feb 20222 sources agree

Dropped support for EOL Pythons 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 [ #281 ]

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Dropped support for EOL Pythons 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 [#281]
Dropped support for LSB and uname back-ends when --root-dir is specified [#311]
Moved distro.py to src/distro/distro.py [#315]

ENHANCEMENTS:

Documented that distro.version() can return an empty string on rolling releases [#312]
Documented support for Python 3.10 [#316]
Added official support for Rocky Linux distribution [#318]
Added a shebang to distro.py to allow standalone execution [#313]
Added support for AIX platforms [#311]
Added compliance for PEP-561 [#315]

BUG FIXES:

Fixed include_uname parameter oversight [#305]
Fixed crash when uname -rs output is empty [#304]
Fixed Amazon Linux identifier in distro.id() documentation [#318]
Fixed OpenSuse >= 15 support [#319]
Fixed encoding issues when opening distro release files [#324]
Fixed linux_distribution regression introduced in [#230] [#325]

Open source →

1.6.030 Jul 2021Deprecated2 sources agree

Deprecated the distro.linux_distribution() function. Use distro.id() , distro.version() and distro.name() instead [ #296 ]

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY:

Deprecated the distro.linux_distribution() function. Use distro.id(), distro.version() and distro.name() instead [#296]
Deprecated Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 support. Further releases will only support Python 3.6+

ENHANCEMENTS:

Added type hints to distro module [#269]
Added __version__ for checking distro version [#292]
Added support for arbitrary rootfs via the root_dir parameter [#247]
Added the --root-dir option to CLI [#161]
Added fallback to /usr/lib/os-release when /etc/os-release isn't available [#262]

BUG FIXES:

Fixed subprocess.CalledProcessError when running lsb_release [#261]
Ignore /etc/iredmail-release file while parsing distribution [#268]
Use a binary file for /dev/null to avoid TextIOWrapper overhead [#271]

RELEASE:

Moved repository from nir0s/distro to python-distro/distro on GitHub.

Open source →

1.5.030 Mar 20202 sources agree

Keep output as native string so we can compatible with python2 interface [ #248 ]

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Keep output as native string so we can compatible with python2 interface [#248]

ENHANCEMENTS:

BUG FIXES:

Fix detection of RHEL 6 ComputeNode [#255]
Fix Oracle 4/5 lsb_release id and names [#250]
Ignore /etc/plesk-release file while parsing distribution [#246]

TESTS:

Test on MidnightBSD [#254]

RELEASE:

Remove build testing on Python 3.3 and add pypy 3.5 and Python 3.7 and 3.8 [#244]
Fix Windows build due to Appveyor not supporting builds on Python 2.7 anymore [#257]

Additionally, The Python2.6 branch was fixed to support distro version 1.4.0. It is now passing all tests. Thanks @abadger!

Open source →

1.4.04 Feb 20192 sources agree

Prefer the VERSION_CODENAME field of os-release to parsing it from VERSION [ #230 ]

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Prefer the VERSION_CODENAME field of os-release to parsing it from VERSION [#230]

BUG FIXES:

Return _uname_info from the uname_info() method [#233]
Fixed CloudLinux id discovery [#234]
Update Oracle matching [#224]

DOCS:

Update Fedora package link [#225]
Distro is the recommended replacement for platform.linux_distribution [#220]

RELEASE:

Use Markdown for long description in setup.py [#219]

Additionally, The Python2.6 branch was fixed and rebased on top of master. It is now passing all tests. Thanks abadger!

Open source →

1.2.024 Dec 2017

Lazily load parsers to speed up import time.

Lazily load parsers to speed up import time.
Don't raise import error on non-linux os.
Decode stdout of shell sys.getfilesystemencoding().
Explicitly set Python versions for flake8 tests.

Open source →

Additional notes

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Don't raise ImportError on non-linux platforms [#202]

ENHANCEMENTS:

Lazily load the LinuxDistribution data [#201]

BUG FIXES:

Stdout of shell should be decoded with sys.getfilesystemencoding() [#203]

TESTS:

Explicitly set Python versions on Travis for flake [#204]

Open source →

1.1.028 Nov 2017

Note: This version removes official support for Python 2.6. If you need a version that is tested on Python 2.6, please use distro<=1.0.4 .

Note: This version removes official support for Python 2.6. If you need a version that is tested on Python 2.6, please use distro<=1.0.4.

In addition:

Add tests for MandrivaLinux, CloudLinux 5,6,7
Modify MANIFEST to include resources for tests and docs in source tarballs (https://github.com/nir0s/distro/pull/189/files#diff-97c91a104c431d0c365565d3ac03ac13)

Open source →

Additional notes

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

Drop python3.3 support [#199]
Remove Official Python26 support [#195]

TESTS:

Add MandrivaLinux test case [#181]
Add test cases for CloudLinux 5, 6, and 7 [#180]

RELEASE:

Modify MANIFEST to include resources for tests and docs in source tarballs [97c91a1]

Open source →

1.0.319 Mar 2017

Add manual mapping for redhatenterpriseserver (previously only redhatenterpriseworkstation was mapped)

1.0.3 (2017.03.19)

Add manual mapping for redhatenterpriseserver (previously only redhatenterpriseworkstation was mapped)
Return empty information when failing to read a seemingly version related file due to IO or OS errors.
When using the CLI without providing the -j flag, printout keys even if their values are empty.
Replace nose with pytest
Add RHEL5 test case
Add OpenELEC test case
Update supported Python versions (with py36)
Update classifiers

Open source →

Additional notes

ENHANCEMENTS:

Show keys for empty values when running distro from the CLI [#160]
Add manual mapping for redhatenterpriseserver (previously only redhatenterpriseworkstation was mapped) [#148]
Race condition in _parse_distro_release_file [#163]

TESTS:

Add RHEL5 test case [#165]
Add OpenELEC test case [#166]
Replace nose with pytest [#158]

RELEASE:

Update classifiers
Update supported Python versions (with py36)

Open source →

1.0.212 Jan 2017

Add MANIFEST file (which also includes the LICENSE as part of Issue #139)

Add MANIFEST file (which also includes the LICENSE as part of Issue #139)
Default to releasing using Twine (as per Issue #121)
Update license in setup.py
Test on py33, py36 and py3 based flake8
Add setup.cfg file

Open source →

Additional notes

TESTS:

Test on py33, py36 and py3 based flake8

RELEASE:

Add MANIFEST file (which also includes the LICENSE as part of Issue [#139])
Default to releasing using Twine [#121]
Add setup.cfg file [#145]
Update license in setup.py

Open source →

1.0.13 Nov 2016

Prettify output when running distro -j

Prettify output when running distro -j
Decode output of lsb_release as utf-8
Mend code coverage
Logger now uses message %s, string form to not-evaulate log messages if unnecessary
Add landscape.io code-quality monitoring
Add CONTRIBUTING.md

Open source →

Additional notes

ENHANCEMENTS:

Prettify distro -j's output and add more elaborate docs [#147]
Decode output of lsb_release as utf-8 [#144]
Logger now uses message %s, string form to not-evaulate log messages if unnecessary [#145]

TESTS:

Increase code-coverage [#146]
Fix landscape code-quality warnings [#145]

RELEASE:

Add CONTRIBUTING.md

Open source →

1.0.026 Sept 2016

Add a CLI and a distro entry point. For Python 2.6, argparse will be installed

Add a CLI and a distro entry point. For Python 2.6, argparse will be installed
Add many test cases (e.g. Raspbian 8, CoreOS, Amazon Linux, Scientific Linux, Gentoo, Manjaro)
Make distro non-importable on non-compatible platforms (e.g. Windows and tested via AppVeyor)
Completely redo the testing framework to make it easier to add tests
Remove six as a dependency
Emit stderr if lsb_release fails
Fix some encoding related issues
We now use bytes invariantly
Test on pypy

Open source →

Additional notes

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

raise exception when importing on non-supported platforms [#129]

ENHANCEMENTS:

Use bytes invariantly [#135]
Some minor code adjustments plus a CLI [#134]
Emit stderr if lsb_release fails

BUG FIXES:

Fix some encoding related issues

TESTS:

Add many test cases (e.g. Raspbian 8, CoreOS, Amazon Linux, Scientific Linux, Gentoo, Manjaro)
Completely redo the testing framework to make it easier to add tests
Test on pypy

RELEASE:

Remove six as a dependency

Open source →

0.6.021 Apr 2016

No longer a package. constants.py has been removed and distro is now a single module.

Introduces a new name.
No longer a package. constants.py has been removed and distro is now a single module.
Documentation fixes.
distro.info() now receives best and pretty flags.
Added Linux Mint test case.
Removed get_ prefix from get_*_release_attr functions.
Now testing on Python 3.4.
Codename is now passed in distro.info()

Open source →

Additional notes

This is the first release of distro. All previous work was done on ld and therefore unmentioned here. See the release log in GitHub if you want the entire log.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY:

No longer a package. constants.py has been removed and distro is now a single module

ENHANCEMENTS:

distro.info() now receives best and pretty flags
Removed get_ prefix from get_*_release_attr functions
Codename is now passed in distro.info()

TESTS:

Added Linux Mint test case
Now testing on Python 3.4

DOCS:

Documentation fixes

Open source →

0.5.021 Apr 2016

This release contains most enhancements that were in the pipe, and is ready for serious use. A few open discussions points exist though, and this is w

This release contains most enhancements that were in the pipe, and is ready for serious use. A few open discussions points exist though, and this is why this release is marked as a pre-release.

API documentation does exist and is complete.

This version is available on PyPI:

pip install ld

Testing could still be improved (see the test-related open issues), but the unit tests at this point cover the major distros and are fairly complete.

Open source →