F43 Change Proposal: Drop PLATFORM_ID (self-contained)

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:link: Drop PLATFORM_ID

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

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:link: Summary

A few years ago PLATFORM_ID was added to os-release for Modularity, but Modularity has been retired and we don’t need this key. It’ll be dropped from our os-release files.

:link: Owner

:link: Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora Linux 43
  • Last updated: 2025-03-10
  • [ Announced]
  • [ Discussion thread]
  • FESCo issue:
  • Tracker bug:
  • Release notes tracker:

:link: Detailed Description

As discussed in bug 2350301, PLATFORM_ID= setting in /usr/lib/os-release//etc/os-release is undocumented and most likely completely unused. It is a one-line change to get rid of it. It is very hard to prove that this field is not used by somebody somewhere, so the main purpose of this Change Proposal is to have a page we can point people to.

:link: Feedback

:link: Benefit to Fedora

We get rid of an unexpected line in our os-release files.

:link: Scope

  • Proposal owners: pull request for fedora-release package

  • Other developers: merge the pull request

  • Release engineering: N/A

  • Policies and guidelines: N/A

  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

  • Alignment with the Fedora Strategy:

:link: Upgrade/compatibility impact

No impact.

:link: Early Testing (Optional)

Do you require ‘QA Blueprint’ support? Y/N

:link: How To Test

:link: User Experience

:link: Dependencies

:link: Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: Revert the patch.
  • Contingency deadline: Any time.
  • Blocks release? No.

:link: Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

:link: Release Notes

An unused PLATFORM_ID= field in os-release has been dropped.

Last edited by @amoloney 2025-03-19T18:28:48Z

Last edited by @amoloney 2025-03-19T18:28:48Z

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This change proposal has now been submitted to FESCo with ticket #3384 for voting.

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