On 2/21/21 7:12 PM, Christian Heimes 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.

Making a "peace offer" is the confession of having started a war.   I don't know
why you are on this crusade, but I doubt it is the lonely "confused user" cited
in https://bugs.python.org/issue43179.

Others pointed out in this thread that it's not the first time of such
unfriendly behavior.  Even others might also see it as some kind of harassment.

Matthias
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