From 99817fc9b17547f140dfaeb40d03db2fbbb54857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel FORESTIER <dev@samuel.domains>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:35:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Note that `distro.version` can return an empty string against
 rolling releases

> close #251

[skip ci]
---
 distro.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/distro.py b/distro.py
index 4d4b614..5bddb82 100755
--- a/distro.py
+++ b/distro.py
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ def version(pretty: bool = False, best: bool = False) -> str:
     sources in a fixed priority order does not always yield the most precise
     version (e.g. for Debian 8.2, or CentOS 7.1).
 
+    Some other distributions may not provide this kind of information. In these
+    cases, an empty string would be returned. This behavior can be observed
+    with rolling releases distributions (e.g. Arch Linux).
+
     The *best* parameter can be used to control the approach for the returned
     version: