pythonplatform.linux_distribution() and Python 3.8

[weltere]

Trying to start xrtQook on a Linux Mint 20 machine I got the following error: (base) weltere@edmund-laptop:~/Programme/xrt-1.3.4/xrt/gui$ python3 xrtQookStart.pyw qt5ct: using qt5ct plugin qt5ct: D-Bus system tray: no Traceback (most recent call last): File "xrtQookStart.pyw", line 28, in ex = xQ.XrtQook() File "../../xrt/gui/xrtQook/init.py", line 245, in init self.initAllTrees() File "../../xrt/gui/xrtQook/init.py", line 707, in initAllTrees self.showWelcomeScreen() File "../../xrt/gui/xrtQook/init.py", line 1073, in showWelcomeScreen locos = " ".join(pythonplatform.linux_distribution()) AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'linux_distribution'

For the time being I commented the two lines (1072 and 1073). #if 'Linux' in locos: # locos = " ".join(pythonplatform.linux_distribution())

After this xrtQook starts without issues. It seems the problem is caused by the used Python version (Python 3.8.5).

Cheers, Edmund

[kklmn]

Hi Edmund, Indeed, they suddenly removed platform.linux_distribution() in Python 3.8. The GH version has a fix, probably we should issue a new release.