bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  rgm@gnu.org,  39940@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:06:22 +0000
> 
> > I have no strong opinion on the matter, but since there are no in-tree
> > usages (any more), and the variable seems rather awkward, I've now
> > marked it as obsolete.  If somebody out-of-tree actually uses it, then
> > reverting the obsoletion would also be fine by me, but I guess we'll see
> > whether anybody pipes up.
> 
> Would its value be of any use in report-emacs-bug?

We already have a similar facility for report-emacs-bug, don't we?
AFAIR, it doesn't rely on this variable.