Oh, thank you! it was a mistake. It will be great if you can try.

@palaviv do you have advice?

Comparing the last version of platform.py (prior to the 3.10.6 update) to the very first version (which matches the CPython version from late 2019), there are 3 areas with changes:

• The libc_ver function has a TODO comment and immediate return of the defaults at the beginning of the function.
• The _syscmd_uname function has a similar change.
• A large section of code is removed (compiled regexes, a cache, and all the python_* functions that were redone in Rust) and replaced with from _platform import *.

That should be easy enough for me to do to the 3.10.6 version. I can wait a bit to see if palaviv has any comments first.

Regarding the old TODO's in there, I could take a closer look at those too and see if I can take care of them. I'm thinking it should be a separate PR so the "CPython" platform issue is fixed sooner rather than later.

palaviv is not very active these days. You can go ahead as you want. Your analysis sounds very clear

Ok, thanks. I have it ready. I'm not able to build at the moment, I think because of #4117? I'll submit the PR later...

That must be not a problem when you build from project root. How it fails?

Deleting code can mislead future update if the CPython code is updated - exactly what I thought.
The typical python flow to check native module is checking import error.

try:
    from _platform import *
except ModuleNotFound:
    # Add python function here

This pattern will prevent it.

@ecpost if you are looking for easy-medium level issues, we have a series of TODO list in number protocol: #3244

That must be not a problem when you build from project root. How it fails?

I'll put the details in #4117. (Or let me know if it's better to open a new issue.)

I see your platform.py change in #4128 -- is that just a temporary workaround, and I should still continue with the original change to platform.py I proposed (apply the 2020 changes to the new 3.10.6 version)?

... This pattern will prevent it.

Are you suggesting I take the code I was going to delete and put it in that except block? Just confirming.