On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:22 AM, <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > I have just codified our current policy on supporting > Windows releases, namely that we only support some Windows > version until Microsoft ends its extended support period. > As a consequence, Windows XP will be supported until > 08/04/2014, and Windows 7 until 14/01/2020 (unless Microsoft > extends that date further). > > I have also added wording on Visual Studio support which may > still require consensus. My proposed policy is this: > > 1. There is only one VS version supported for any feature release. > Because of the different branches, multiple versions may be > in use. > 2. The version that we use for a new feature release must still > have mainstream support (meaning it can still be purchased > regularly). > 3. We should strive to keep the number of VS versions used > simultaneously small. > > VS 2008 has mainstream support until 09/04/2013, so we could have > used it for 3.3 still, however, mainstream support ends within the > likely lifetime of 3.3, so switching to VS 2010 was better. VS 2010 > will have mainstream support until 14/07/2015, so we can likely > use it for 3.4 as well, and only reconsider for 3.5 (at which point XP > support will not be an issue anymore). VS 2012 is out for 3.4 as it > doesn't support XP.
This all sounds good to me. I think the rough timeline of our future releases lines up nicely, e.g., the VS version available around Python 3.5 won't support XP and neither would we. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
