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Title: Add notice that XP is not supported on Python 3.5+
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: brett.cannon Nosy List: SilentGhost, brett.cannon, crwilcox, docs@python, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2015-12-15 19:24 by crwilcox, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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add-supported-versions-section-windows.diff crwilcox, 2015-12-15 19:24 Diff file for /Docs/using/windows.rst change (added supported versions section)
Messages (6)
msg256473 - (view) Author: Chris Wilcox (crwilcox) * Date: 2015-12-15 19:24
This is a documentation change to make it easier to discover that XP is not a supported OS.  Content was taken from the 'whats new' section and added to the top of the main article.
msg256474 - (view) Author: SilentGhost (SilentGhost) * (Python triager) Date: 2015-12-15 19:30
This seems fully covered in the What's new for 3.5: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html#unsupported-operating-systems
msg256488 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-15 23:35
Chris' patch, though, fixes a doc that fails to mention our support policy for Windows: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0011/#microsoft-windows . There should at least be a sentence saying that once Microsoft no longer supports an operating system release then Python also drops support and link to PEP 11 to the full explanation.
msg256515 - (view) Author: SilentGhost (SilentGhost) * (Python triager) Date: 2015-12-16 08:14
Hm, may be I'm seeing things, but the content of the current what's new section is this:

Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft, thus, per :PEP:`11`, CPython     
3.5 is no longer officially supported on this OS.

The proposed patch adds two sentences on top of that:

Vista and Later versions of Windows are supported.
Please install the latest 3.4 version of CPython if you are using Windows XP.

I don't really see how that is a useful addition.
msg257092 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2015-12-27 20:09
New changeset 5114871a3ac6 by Brett Cannon in branch '3.5':
Issue #25874: Clarify platform support in the "Using Python on Windows" doc.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5114871a3ac6

New changeset c6bd004671a7 by Brett Cannon in branch 'default':
Merge for issue #25874
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c6bd004671a7
msg257093 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-27 20:09
The "Using Python on Windows" doc has been updated. Thanks, Chris (who got added to ACKS)!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:25adminsetgithub: 70062
2015-12-27 20:09:55brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed
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resolution: not a bug
stage: resolved
2015-12-15 19:24:35crwilcoxcreate