RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython

 (blog.python.org)

55 points | by lumpa 5 days ago

1 comments

  • yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago
    > RISC-V is now officially supported by CPython as a tier 3 platform!

    That's significant, but tier 3 is still a caveat. Still allowed to break without blocking anything or being fixed as a priority.

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    • jmalicki 2 hours ago
      Sure, but I had to look:

      Tier1: Windows x64/i686, Linux x64/ARM gcc, Darwin/ARM

      Tier2: Linux x64/ARM w/ clang, Windows ARM, WASM, Darwin/x64

      Tier3 is a pretty low support level, but tiers 1 and 2 is a pretty short list of major commercial platforms. Also even for developers to fix, availability of e.g. RiscV machines in the cloud to reproduce and fix on is still somewhat limited.

    • phire 1 hour ago
      Needs to start somewhere.

      Looks like the most important step towards tier two is mostly about proving the CI infrastructure is reliable (which takes time at tier 3), and have at least two core developers committed to fixing any issues (within 24 hours)

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    • digkls 1 hour ago
      RISC-V is one of those experimental architectures that hardly anyone is actually using, isn't it?

      Tier 3, or no support at all, seems an appropriate designation.

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      • boredatoms 52 minutes ago
        Not much on user facing OS, but billions of small controllers
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        • yjftsjthsd-h 16 minutes ago
          I don't think CPython targets those, though; that seems more like a micropython thing?
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