Check only the major platform release version // Resolve platformio#644

Author: ivankravets

pioinstaller/core.py

@@ -232,13 +232,22 @@ def _check_core_version(piocore_version, version_spec):
 def _check_platform_version():
     from pioinstaller import penv
 
-    state = penv.load_state()
-    if state.get("platform") != platform.platform(terse=True):
-        raise exception.InvalidPlatformIOCore(
-            "PlatformIO Core was installed using another platform `%s`. "
-            "Your current platform: %s"
-            % (state.get("platform"), platform.platform(terse=True))
-        )
+    platform_state = penv.load_state().get("platform")
+    if not platform_state or not isinstance(platform_state, dict):
+        raise exception.PIOInstallerException("Broken platform state")
+    if platform_state.get("platform") == platform.platform(terse=True):
+        return True
+    release_state = platform_state.get("release")
+    if (
+        release_state
+        and release_state.split(".")[0] == (platform.release() or "").split(".")[0]
+    ):
+        return True
+    raise exception.InvalidPlatformIOCore(
+        "PlatformIO Core was installed using another platform `%s`. "
+        "Your current platform: %s"
+        % (platform_state.get("platform"), platform.platform(terse=True))
+    )
 
 
 def fetch_python_state(python_exe):

pioinstaller/penv.py

@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ def init_state(python_exe, penv_dir):
             "version": python_version,
         },
         "installer_version": __version__,
-        "platform": platform.platform(terse=True),
+        "platform": {
+            "platform": platform.platform(),
+            "release": platform.release(),
+        },
     }
     return save_state(state, penv_dir)