Moved system info into its own utility, so we can use in in test suite too.

IPython/core/crashhandler.py

@@ -26,9 +26,12 b' from pprint import pformat'
 # Our own
 from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.core import ultratb
+from IPython.utils.genutils import sys_info
+
 from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl
 
 #****************************************************************************
+
 class CrashHandler(object):
     """Customizable crash handlers for IPython-based systems.
 
@@ -166,21 +169,13 b' $self.bug_tracker'
 
     def make_report(self,traceback):
         """Return a string containing a crash report."""
-        import platform
         
         sec_sep = self.section_sep
         
-        report = []
+        report = ['*'*75+'\n\n'+'IPython post-mortem report\n\n']
         rpt_add = report.append
+        rpt_add(sys_info())
         
-        rpt_add('*'*75+'\n\n'+'IPython post-mortem report\n\n')
-        rpt_add('IPython version: %s \n' % release.version)
-        rpt_add('BZR revision   : %s \n' % release.revision)
-        rpt_add('Platform info  : os.name -> %s, sys.platform -> %s\n' %
-                     (os.name,sys.platform) )
-        rpt_add('               : %s\n' % platform.platform())
-        rpt_add('Python info    : %s\n' % sys.version)	     
-
         try:
             config = pformat(self.app.config)
             rpt_add(sec_sep+'Current user configuration structure:\n\n')

IPython/utils/genutils.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 b' else:'
 
 # Other IPython utilities
 import IPython
+from IPython.core import release
 from IPython.external.Itpl import itpl,printpl
 from IPython.utils import platutils
 from IPython.utils.generics import result_display
@@ -213,6 +214,31 b' def fatal(msg,exit_val=1):'
 
     warn(msg,exit_val=exit_val,level=4)
 
+def sys_info():
+    """Return useful information about IPython and the system, as a string.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    In [1]: print(sys_info())
+    IPython version: 0.11.bzr.r1340   # random
+    BZR revision   : 1340
+    Platform info  : os.name -> posix, sys.platform -> linux2
+                   : Linux-2.6.31-17-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-9.10-karmic
+    Python info    : 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec  7 2009, 18:45:15) 
+    [GCC 4.4.1]
+    """
+    import platform
+    out = []
+    out.append('IPython version: %s' % release.version)
+    out.append('BZR revision   : %s' % release.revision)
+    out.append('Platform info  : os.name -> %s, sys.platform -> %s' %
+               (os.name,sys.platform) )
+    out.append('               : %s' % platform.platform())
+    out.append('Python info    : %s' % sys.version)
+    out.append('')  # ensure closing newline
+    return '\n'.join(out)
+    
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Debugging routines
 #