On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:26 AM Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11. 03. 22 0:35, Brett Cannon wrote:
> I brought this up on python-dev at
> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/ZPBSHENP3V7KHNPYWE6BEQD5ASES2NLV/
> <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/ZPBSHENP3V7KHNPYWE6BEQD5ASES2NLV/>
> , and the feedback seemed supportive. As such, I am bringing a draft of
> what I'm thinking will go into PEP 11 with a bunch of `XXX` placeholders
> for people to help me fill in to see how this will look overall.
>
> For any platform(s) you support, please reply with any relevant details
> that should be added to the relevant tables below. Once I have these
> details I will loop back with the proposed update to PEP 11 and make
> sure everyone is still on board with the proposal.
>
> =====
> Tiers
> =====
>
> Tier 1
> ======
>
> - `Test suite failures
> <https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/workflows/build.yml?query=branch%3Amain+is%3Acompleted
> <https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/workflows/build.yml?query=branch%3Amain+is%3Acompleted>>`__
> block releases.
> - Changes which would break the ``main`` branch are not allowed to be
> merged;
>    any breakage may be reverted immediately.
> - All core developers are responsible to keep these platforms working.

What does this mean?
I can not merge a change if it doesn't pass macOS CI, but I don't have a
macOS system, so I can't really diagnose and fix macOS bugs.

Do you merge PRs today that don't pass CI on macOS?
 

> - Promotion of this tier requires consensus/SC approval.
>
> =================== =====
> Target Triple       Notes
> =================== =====
> i686-windows-msvc

What's the supported version of Windows?

> x86_64-windows-msvc
> x86_64-apple-darwin macOS 11
> x86_64-linux-gnu    glibc 2.31 |ubuntu-20_01|_

Would it be better to say “whatever GitHub Actions has” in the long-term
docs, and put the specific version in the docs rather than in the PEP?

Perhaps; I was tempted to do that, but Christian requested the triples.
 



[...]> All other platforms
> ===================
>
> - Only code which either supports a higher-tier platform or is a general
> improvement may be checked in.

I'm worried about going from this to tier 3.
How do you get to a platform's buildbot being stable if you can't merge
code for it?


You could develop code outside of the CPython repo until the platform is ready to be supported.

Would you propose to drop the Buildbot requirement for tier 3 or introduce a tier 4?