[RFC] Adding Python as a possible language and it's usage

[Paul Koning]

> On Jul 20, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:49:05AM +0200, Martin Liška wrote:
>> Fully agree with that. Coming up with a new scripts written in python2 really
>> makes no sense.
> 
> Then python cannot be a build requirement for GCC, since some of our
> primary targets do not ship python3.

Is it required that GCC must build with only the stock support elements on the primary target platforms?  Or is it allowed to require installing prerequisites?  Yes, some platforms are so far behind they still don't ship Python 3, but installing it is straightforward.

	paul