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On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 13:46:27 +0100
Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> wrote:
> 
> > This work would target the master branch (that is Python 3). I would
> > be interested in hearing your thoughts on this idea.  
> 
> In general your proposal sounds like a good idea. A new platform may
> require a PEP, though.

It would also require a maintainer and a maintenance promise for
several years (5 or 10? I don't know).  I doubt any other core
developers are interested in/equipped for dealing with EDK2 issues,
regressions and subtleties.

> You can start now by submitting pull requests for the header fixes. Even
> in the case we decide not to support EDK2, we make your life easier by
> reducing the amount of extra patches.

Agreed.

Regards

Antoine.