Except that 2.6.6 installs without SP2, but 2.6.11 won't install without it.

> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:20:17 +0100
> From: Jernej Simon?i? <jernej|s-gm...@eternallybored.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Windows XP - Service Pack?
> To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
> 
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:21:11 +0000, jack white wrote:
> 
> > I noticed the 2.6.11 says SP2 is required for Windows XP. I know 2.6.6 
> > works fine without a Service Pack.  Does 2.6.11 really require SP2?  If so, 
> > is 2.6.7 the first version to require it?
> 
> I've had the SP2 requirement in the installer for a long time (since GIMP
> 2.6.2 according to my changelog). GIMP would probably work on XP without
> any service packs, however I was getting too many weird error reports
> (which weren't reproducible with SP2 and SP3) that I decided to not bother
> with anything older (Microsoft also dropped support for XP without SP2 a
> while ago, and the service packs are a free upgrade, so I see no reason to
> waste my time with unsupported Windows versions).
> 
> -- 
> < Jernej Simon?i? ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ >
 

                                          
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