On Wed May 14 2014 at 11:02:50 AM, R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:31:15 -0300, "Joao S. O. Bueno" < > jsbu...@python.org.br> wrote: > > +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? > > In addition to a maintainer (who I think doesn't have to be a committer, > though that would be ideal), I think a maintained buildbot should be a > requirement for formal support. > I would think someone how is/would be a core dev and a *stable* buildbot are requirements.
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