platform is deprecated, replaced with distro

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1649eb4690fe581a44bb0641cc1fb4b09cbbd7d3..e42d83b419fb88c48efa41659f51da2756f25c00 100644 (file)
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 import os
 import sys
-import platform
+import distro
 import subprocess
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 SHARE = "share"
 
 # detect linux distribution
-distro = platform.dist()[0]
+distro = distro.linux_distribution()[0]
 
 
 def file_list(path):