platform module's version number doesn't match its docstring

[brettcannon]

BPO	27788
Nosy	@malemburg, @brettcannon, @berkerpeksag
PRs	bpo-27788 : synchronise platform.py version number #246 [3.6] bpo-27788 : synchronise platform.py version number (#246) #341

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assignee = 'https://github.com/malemburg'
closed_at = <Date 2017-02-24.10:48:27.080>
created_at = <Date 2016-08-17.16:10:58.770>
labels = ['3.7', 'library']
title = "platform module's version number doesn't match its docstring"
updated_at = <Date 2017-03-24.23:48:44.918>
user = 'https://github.com/brettcannon'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27788'
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[brettcannon]

Not sure if it's worth keeping the version number around, but ATM the module has __version__ set to 1.0.7 while the docstring mentions a 1.0.8.

[malemburg]

That must have been an oversight. __version__ should read '0.8.0'.

[berkerpeksag]

Perhaps it's now time to drop that __version__ attribute in 3.7? We've removed the __version__ attribute from the email module in bpo-22508.

[malemburg]

The purpose of __version__ in the platform module is to be able to use it with other Python as well (and then detect which version is available in applications).

So I think it's good to keep it around.

[malemburg]

Hmm, not sure why the merge is not showing up on the ticket.

Here's the link: 6059ce4

[berkerpeksag]

New changeset bb59d89 by Berker Peksag in branch '3.6':
bpo-27788 : synchronise platform.py version number (#246) (#341)
bb59d89

[malemburg]

New changeset 6059ce4 by Marc-Andre Lemburg (Matthias Bussonnier) in branch 'master':
bpo-27788 : synchronise platform.py version number (#246)
6059ce4