>>> platform.platform()
'Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200'

The change is trivial, just accounting for a point release of 2 (from the major release 6).

--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -595,8 +595,13 @@
                     release = '7'
                 else:
                     release = '2008ServerR2'
+            elif min == 2:
+                if product_type == VER_NT_WORKSTATION:
+                    release = '8'
+                else:
+                    release = '2012Server'
             else:
-                release = 'post2008Server'
+                release = 'post2012Server'

Brian Curtin wrote:
> 
> New submission from Brian Curtin:
> 
>>>> platform.platform()
> 'Windows-post2008Server-6.2.9200'
> 
> The change is trivial, just accounting for a point release of 2 (from the major release 6).

Looks good. Please also backport this to Python 2.7.

Thanks.

> --- a/Lib/platform.py
> +++ b/Lib/platform.py
> @@ -595,8 +595,13 @@
>                      release = '7'
>                  else:
>                      release = '2008ServerR2'
> +            elif min == 2:
> +                if product_type == VER_NT_WORKSTATION:
> +                    release = '8'
> +                else:
> +                    release = '2012Server'
>              else:
> -                release = 'post2008Server'
> +                release = 'post2012Server'
> 
> ----------
> assignee: brian.curtin
> components: Library (Lib), Windows
> messages: 172490
> nosy: brian.curtin
> priority: normal
> severity: normal
> status: open
> title: platform.platform() identifies Windows 8 as post2008Server
> type: behavior
> versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4
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New changeset 8245333db1e5 by Brian Curtin in branch '3.2':
Fix #16176. Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform()
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8245333db1e5

New changeset e3acc945f0cb by Brian Curtin in branch '2.7':
Fix #16176. Properly identify Windows 8 via platform.platform()
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e3acc945f0cb