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.
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