> > That's because all system-specific functionality that we have really 
> > depends on system features which just can't be available elsewhere.
> > For all functionality that in principle works on all systems, it also
> > actually works on all systems for Python. In cases where stuff was
> > only available on Linux even though it could work on other systems,
> > people *did* see it as a bad thing.
> 
> Agreed, but it's a probably with the external library. That's like
> saying we are responsible if libffi fails building with the AIX
> compiler.

s/probably/problem/ ;)