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On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wro=
te:
> Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Depends on the version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_f=
or_UNIX
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX#POSIX_for_Windows
>>
>> Linux and FreeBSD are also not POSIX-certified, even though they
>> mostly comply. Should pip warn about those also?
>
> You're implying that the PyPI trove category =E2=80=9COperating System ::=
 POSIX=E2=80=9D
> includes MS Windows? Or that it excludes Linux and FreeBSD? Or that it's
> meaningless?

Mostly the latter. At least it's not very clear as to what OSes are
sufficiently compliant to be considered supported. Anything that
claims POSIX support might work in Cygwin, or it might not. Who knows?