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Python's tiering has to do with testability and availability thereof, not modernness. In the case of 32-bit Windows, the reason it's still testable is because W
by woodruffw 27d ago
Python's tiering has to do with testability and availability thereof, not modernness. In the case of 32-bit Windows, the reason it's still testable is because Windows still ships a 32-bit userspace, even if Windows itself only supports x86-64.
(From personal experience, testing Windows aarch64 is a massive PITA, even on GitHub Actions, which all common sense would indicate should have the best aarch64 Windows CI runner story.)
- yyyk 25d agoThat explains Tier-2 vs Tier-3. Not Tier-1 (where i686-windows is) vs Tier-2. Demanding every commit pass CI is a project decision.