> On 30 Oct 2020, at 10:34, Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Regarding having a Solaris buildbot: if someone provides a Solaris buildbot > then the deal is that that someone or some other party must look after that > buildbot and fix problems that appear in it in a timely manner. Broken > buildbots stop releases and I don't want to be in a situation in which I need > to halt a release because the Solaris buildbot is broken and there is no-one > to fix it in time. > > In the past, we had to dealt with similar situations and not only is > stressful but normally ends in me or Victor having to login in a buildbot for > a platform that we are not experts on to try to fix it in time.
I agree. That’s what I tried to write, its not just providing a buildbot but also making sure that it keeps working and stays green. Ronald — Twitter / micro.blog: @ronaldoussoren Blog: https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/ <https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/> > > On Fri, 30 Oct 2020, 09:29 Ronald Oussoren via Python-Dev, > <python-dev@python.org <mailto:python-dev@python.org>> wrote: > > > On 29 Oct 2020, at 22:43, Victor Stinner <vstin...@python.org > > <mailto:vstin...@python.org>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I propose to drop the Solaris support in Python to reduce the Python > > maintenance burden: > > > > https://bugs.python.org/issue42173 <https://bugs.python.org/issue42173> > > > > I wrote a draft PR to show how much code could be removed (around 700 > > lines in 65 files): > > > > https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23002/files > > <https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23002/files> > > A significant fraction of that is in comments and documentation. A number of > the changes in documentation would be good to go in regardless of the > resolution of this proposal. > > > > > In 2016, I asked if we still wanted to maintain the Solaris support in > > Python, because Solaris buildbots were failing for longer than 6 > > months and nobody was able to fix them. It was requested to find a > > core developer volunteer to fix Solaris issues and to set up a Solaris > > buildbot. > > > > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/NOT2RORSNX72ZLUHK2UUGBD4GTPNKBUS/#NOT2RORSNX72ZLUHK2UUGBD4GTPNKBUS > > > > <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/NOT2RORSNX72ZLUHK2UUGBD4GTPNKBUS/#NOT2RORSNX72ZLUHK2UUGBD4GTPNKBUS> > > > > Four years later, nothing has happened. Moreover, in 2018, Oracle laid > > off the Solaris development engineering staff. There are around 25 > > open Python bugs specific to Solaris. > > As another data point: There is someone on BPO that files issues about > Solaris on BPO, including PRs. It might be worthwhile to ask that person if > they can provide a buildbot (while making clear that this results in the > assumption that they’d look after Solaris port). > > If Solaris would get dropped I’d prefer option 2 > > Ronald > — > > Twitter / micro.blog: @ronaldoussoren > Blog: https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/ <https://blog.ronaldoussoren.net/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > <mailto:python-dev@python.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > <mailto:python-dev-le...@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/> > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/XFRQ2VEBK6NKUWMC6HXOJDLAIOQHORCP/ > > <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/XFRQ2VEBK6NKUWMC6HXOJDLAIOQHORCP/> > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > <http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/A7Q7GW7ZI2EZDQSVYRCOI3S45MCS4WRZ/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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