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[v2] python3: Add a new PACKAGECONFIG knob for free threading

Message ID 20260312120024.3745232-1-zboszor@gmail.com
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Series [v2] python3: Add a new PACKAGECONFIG knob for free threading | expand

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Zoltán Böszörményi March 12, 2026, noon UTC 
One of the main points in the Python 3.14.x release notes was
that free threading is officially supported.

Add PACKAGECONFIG[freethreading] to turn it on with --disable-gil.
GIL is the Global Interpreter Lock, which is kept enabled without
this option.

By default, keep free threading disabled, i.e. GIL enabled.

Signed-off-by: Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@gmail.com>
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 meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.3.bb | 1 +
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diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.3.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.3.bb
index 7047cd8e8d..7a1ad1e386 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.3.bb
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@  CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS:append:libc-musl = "\
 
 # PGO currently causes builds to not be reproducible so disable by default, see YOCTO #13407
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "editline gdbm ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'lto', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[freethreading] = "--disable-gil,--enable-gil"
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline=readline,,readline,,,editline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[editline] = "--with-readline=editline,,libedit,,,readline"
 # Use profile guided optimisation by running PyBench inside qemu-user