Fix dependencies Checker

jpavlav commented 2 years ago

Hello @mraygalaxy! I work with @jdesfossez at DigitalOcean. During some testing of cbtool on Python3.8, ran into an issue with the dependencies checker. As it turns out the linux_distribution() method was removed from the platform module in the standard lib in Python3.7.

Related Python Bugs (discussion about removing the method):

https://bugs.python.org/issue1322
https://bugs.python.org/issue28167
Try to import distro. If version below 3.7, pass, else, raise exception. distro is a requirement for Python >= 3.7
Try to use platform.linux_distribution(). If an AttributeError is raised (indicating the linux_distribution method is no longer available), use distro.name(), distro.version(), distro.id() to obtain the same information from the distro package.
Include distro in setup.py to cover package installation.

mraygalaxy commented 2 years ago

@jpavlav Hi Justin, very nice to meet you. I'll go ahead and merge this one now.

Have a good weekend. = )

jpavlav commented 2 years ago

@jpavlav Thank you for the quick merge! Curious, do you think that this latest master can be pushed up to PyPI?

mraygalaxy commented 2 years ago

@jpavlav Done! I just uploaded version 3.0.5.

ibmcb / cbtool

Fix dependencies Checker #422