Issue #12326: refactor usage of sys.platform
Issue #12326: refactor usage of sys.platform

 * Use str.startswith(tuple): I didn't know this Python feature, Python rocks!
 * Replace sometimes sys.platform.startswith('linux') with
   sys.platform == 'linux'
 * sys.platform doesn't contain the major version on Cygwin on Mac OS X
   (it's just 'cygwin' and 'darwin')

pypa/setuptools,pypa/setuptools,pypa/setuptools