GNU bug report logs - #39940
The variable operating-system-release

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 01:20:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 39940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:19:31 -0500

Package: emacs
Version: 28.0.50
Severity: wishlist

I found the variable 'operating-system-release' for the first time today.

1) This isn't what I would call the operating system release.
Eg my current operating system is CentOS, release 8.1.
operating-system-release is "4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64",
which is the kernel version. (Surprising to find these two things
mixed up in a GNU project. :) )

2) I don't see why it is useful to have a Lisp variable for this
(it had one use in the Emacs C code before c996fe1ec6).
I suggest obsoleting it.
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