[Bug 947236] Re: Please provide /etc/os-release

[Mark Fernandes]

Kindly fix as this helps people like me who continuously switch between
distros and its annonying. I was one of those who was happy with lsb-
release and the /etc/lsb-release already provided by Ubuntu, however,
the reasoning given in this FAQ provides a calm, reasoned explanation
why they came up with this in the first place:

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/os-release

TIA and Much appreciated!

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Title:
  Please provide /etc/os-release

Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “base-files” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “base-files” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  /etc/os-release is a new upcoming attempt of a standard which is meant
  to supersede /etc/debian_version, and their counterparts in
  Fedora/SUSE: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-
  release.html

  /etc/lsb_release is similar to this, but not standardized. The
  standard interface right now is to call lsb_release which is a Python
  script and thus a very high overhead compared to merely reading a
  file.

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