Merge pull request #34 from xlab-si/use-distro-package

Replace deprecated linux_distribution() method

Author: ssbarnea

selinux/__init__.py

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 except ImportError:  # py < 34
     from imp import reload  # type: ignore  # noqa
 
+import distro
+
 
 class add_path(object):
     """Context manager for adding path to sys.path"""
@@ -45,18 +47,9 @@ def is_selinux_mls_enabled():
     return 0
 
 
-def linux_distribution():
-    # see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/OS_flavor_name_version
-    try:
-        return platform.linux_distribution()[0].lower()
-    except Exception:
-        return "N/A"
-
-
 def should_have_selinux():
-    distro = linux_distribution()
     if platform.system() == "Linux" and os.path.isfile("/etc/selinux/config"):
-        if distro not in ["ubuntu", "debian"]:
+        if distro.id() not in ["ubuntu", "debian"]:
             return True
     return False
 

setup.cfg

@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@ python_requires = >=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*
 packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
 zip_safe = True
+install_requires =
+    distro>=1.3.0
+    setuptools>=39.0
 
 # These are required during `setup.py` run:
 setup_requires =
     setuptools_scm >= 1.15.0
     setuptools_scm_git_archive >= 1.0
 [options.packages.find]
 where = .
-install_requires = setuptools>=39.0
 
 [flake8]
 exclude = build .tox