On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 22:49:06 +0100 Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> wrote:
CPython already contais 11 "#ifdef (...) __OpenBSD__" in C and 11 sys.platform.startswith('openbsd') in Python. Supporting a "POSIX" platform requires some changes :-)
Yes... So, the question is: does OpenBSD already maintain a Python port? If so, then we should have them contribute their patches instead of fixing issues ourselves. If they don't want too, then we have no obligation to maintain them. OTOH, if you and Serhiy want to maintain them, you can do so. But we shouldn't promise anything for the future. The reason that testing on them is interesting, IMHO, is to chase potential Linux-isms in our code base. Circumventing {Free,Open,Net}BSD-specific deficiences is not. To put things differently: if a commit breaks {Free,Open,Net}BSD but leaves other platforms intact, I don't think it should be reverted. Regards Antoine.