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Add Windows 9x/ME (lack of) support information to README.TX #43537

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devdanzin mannequin opened this issue Jun 22, 2006 · 3 comments
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Add Windows 9x/ME (lack of) support information to README.TX #43537

devdanzin mannequin opened this issue Jun 22, 2006 · 3 comments
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devdanzin mannequin commented Jun 22, 2006

BPO 1510853
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    devdanzin mannequin commented Jun 22, 2006

    I suggest that following informative note should be
    added as a new sub-section in README.TXT's "Unsupported
    systems" (which really needs mentioning MacOS 9). The
    sub-section idea regards README.TXT only talking about
    already unsupported platforms.

    Motivation:
    As one of the few Windows 98 users that program in
    Python AND installed the 2.5 beta1, I was greeted by
    Tools/msi/msi.py's warning message. However, no further
    information was available in the downloaded release or
    in the online beta documents (What's New, release
    notes, etc.).

    Best regards,
    Daniel Diniz

    -----
    Warning on install in Windows 98 and Windows Me

    Following Microsoft's closing of Extended Support for
    Windows 98/ME (July 11, 2006), Python 2.6 will stop
    supporting these platforms. Python development and
    maintainability becomes easier (and more reliable) when
    platform specific code targeting OSes with few users
    and no dedicated expert developers is taken out. The
    vendor also warns that the OS versions listed above
    "can expose customers to security risks" and recommends
    upgrade. For a more detailed discussion regarding
    no-longer-supported and resupporting platforms, as well
    as a list of platforms that became or will be
    unsupported, see PEP-11.

    Current behavior
    The Python 2.5 installer presents a warning message on
    those systems: "Warning: Python 2.5.x is the last
    Python release for Windows 9x."

    Suggested readings
    PEP-11: Removing support for little used platforms
    (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0011)
    End of support for Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows
    XP Service Pack 1
    (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx)

    Copyright
    This document has been placed in the public domain.

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    loewis mannequin commented Jul 24, 2006

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    Thanks for the suggestion. I added the text (in some form)
    to README in r50794.

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