On 12/07/2013 00:58, Christian Heimes wrote: > Hi, > > how do you feel about dropping Windows XP support for Python 3.4? It > would enable us to use some features that are only available on Windows > Vista and newer, for example http://bugs.python.org/issue6926 and > http://bugs.python.org/issue1763 . > > PEP 11 says: > A new feature release X.Y.0 will support all Windows releases > whose extended support phase is not yet expired. > > For Python 3.4 is going to be a very close call. According to PEP 429 > 3.4.0 final is scheduled for February 22, 2014. The extended support > phase of Windows XP ends merely 45 days later on April 8, 2014. Do we > really have to restrict ourselves to an API that is going to become > deprecated 45 days after the estimated release of 3.4.0?
I would like to continue support for WinXP. It's still widely, widely used -- MS support notwithstanding. The situation might have been different if Vista had been a viable corporate desktop, but I suspect that many outfits have waited (as we did here) until Win7 before moving forward. Win7 is now our default desktop for new machines, but we're still running a slight majority of WinXP machines. TJG _______________________________________________ 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