
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:31:15 -0300, "Joao S. O. Bueno" <jsbueno@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.
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On 14 May 2014 11:20, Brett Cannon <bcannon@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. --David