[Bug 947236] [NEW] Please provide /etc/os-release

[Martin Pitt]

Public bug reported:

/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.

** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu Q-series)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: base-files (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Also affects: base-files (Ubuntu Q-series)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #659853
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=659853

** Also affects: base-files (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=659853
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Please provide /etc/os-release

Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “base-files” source package in q-series:
  New
Status in “base-files” package in Debian:
  Unknown

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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