[Source](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/tree/2.68.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/compare/2.67.1...2.68.0)
**Backwards Compatibility Issues**
Note that this release changes OS detection on linux. The results _should_ be the same, but if they
do differ, and you need to retain the same OS name (which you probably will, because you'll have
packages that depend on the analogous implicit package), then you can use the
[platform_map](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/wiki/Configuring-Rez#platform_map) setting.
**Merged pull requests:**
- Replace platform.linux_distribution by distro [\954](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/pull/954) ([predat](https://github.com/predat))
**Closed issues:**
- rez platform_ broken with python3.8 [\883](https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez/issues/883)