+1 for an official policy that comes with a "permanent maintainer for this platform required" as part of the list of requisites.
js -><- On 14 May 2014 11:20, Brett Cannon <bcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Over the past week or so there have been 2 patches to add support for > various UNIX OSs. Now I thought we had stopped trying to add new esoteric > OSs (e.g. I had never heard of MirOS until the patch for it came in), but I > can't find a PEP that spells out what it takes to get a platform supported > (http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0011/ is about removing platforms, > not keeping them or adding them unless you are re-adding one which > apparently just takes a volunteer). > > Do we want an official policy written down in a PEP (yes, I can write it)? > Should I keep closing these patches and saying that we are not adding > support for new operating systems and be hand-wavy about it? > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/jsbueno%40python.org.br > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
