On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 10:15 AM Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote:
> On 21/02/2021 13.47, glaub...@debian.org wrote: > > Rust doesn't keep any user from building Rust for Tier 2 or Tier 3 > platforms. There is no separate configure guard. All platforms that Rust > can build for, are always enabled by default. No one in Rust keeps anyone > from cross-compiling code for sparc64 or powerpcspe, for example. > > > > So if you want to copy Rust's mechanism, you should just leave it as is > and not claim that users are being confused because "m68k" shows up in > configure.ac. > > A --enable-unstable-platforms configure flag is my peace offer to meet > you half way. You get a simple way to enable builds on untested > platforms and we can clearly communicate that some OS and hardware > platforms are not supported. > I personally wouldn't want to maintain such a check in autoconf, but it'll be an isolated thing on its own, that if you or someone else creates, will do its job and not bother the rest of us. I think just publishing our list of (1) supported, (2) best-effort non-release-blocker quasi-supported, and (3) explicitly unsupported in a policy doc is sufficient. But it's not like any of us are going to stop someone from codifying that in configure.ac to require a flag. -gps > _______________________________________________ > 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/W3L2RISXFKHRWPYQB232XH7PDIOPKNDY/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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