Re: Defining a platform support policy

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2024, 00:31 UTC
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Emily Shaffer <nasamuffin@google.com> writes:

> But, Randall's remarks bring up something pretty compelling: I don't
> think Git has a clearly defined platform support policy. As far as I
> can tell, the support policy now is "if you run `make test` on it and
> breaks, and you let us know, we'll try to fix it"

I doubt this part. If there is somebody motivated enough among us who has access to such a platform, then that person may try to fix it and if the fix is not too ugly, I may accept such a patch as the upstream maintainer. So your "you let us know we'll try" does not reflect reality at all. The major platforms luckily have such motivated somebody almost always available for them. Niche ones, perhaps not.

> ..., but nowhere do I see "how to know if your platform is
> supported" or even "here are platforms we have heard Git works OK on".

Yup. Patches, with commitments to keep such lists up-to-date, are very much welcome.

Thanks.