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PEP 11 -- friendlier policy for unsupported platforms

Open encukou opened this issue 1 month ago • 1 comments

Hello, I'd like to propose updating PEP 11 to clarify unsupported platforms. Brett's summary of the proposal, with my addition:

  • We have code for unsupported platforms and that’s OK, but it doesn’t imply any promises either.
  • We welcome and encourage people that support CPython on other platforms – without promising any particular level of welcoming and encouragement.

Also:

  • Add concrete rules for POSIX features (so we don't “over-fit” to Linux ∩ Mac ∩ BSD)
  • Encourage listing “outsider” experts in the devguide, and pinging the experts

The proposal: https://github.com/encukou/peps/pull/3/files Discussion: https://discuss.python.org/t/proposed-pep-11-update-policy-for-unsupported-platforms/104986

encukou avatar Nov 27 '25 12:11 encukou

perhaps related to of https://github.com/python/steering-council/issues/226 as well.

gpshead avatar Nov 29 '25 21:11 gpshead