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Created on 2016-12-26 18:00 by steve.dower, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.
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| msg284034 - (view) | Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) *  |
Date: 2016-12-26 18:00 | |
Windows Vista SP2 is out of support by the time that Python 3.7 releases (see PEP 0537 and [1]), so we should do the following tasks: * update the definition of Py_WINVER in PC/pyconfig.h to 0x0601 _WIN32_WINNT_WIN7 * remove any dynamic API imports that are not required on Win7 (I don't think there are many, if any) * remove pre-Win7 supportedOS elements from PC/python.manifest * block Windows Vista in the installer We may also be able to take advantage of new flags, particularly related to security (I think LoadLibrary[Ex] got new flags). If there's anything else we need to do, post it here so we don't forget. References: [1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Windows%20Vista%20Service%20Pack%202 |
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| msg284364 - (view) | Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * |
Date: 2016-12-31 05:16 | |
How certain are you that Vista support will actually end? Other things: assuming reasonable certainty, could the 3.6 installer say "This is the last version that will run on Vista!"? |
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| msg284455 - (view) | Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * |
Date: 2017-01-02 04:22 | |
Only as certain as anyone else in the general public - I don't have any special information besides what has been published. Since it's been published for the specific intent of helping 3rd parties plan their own deprecation cycles, I think it's okay to assume that it's correct. The chance of there being an XP-like backlash against Vista's end-of-life is very low. |
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| msg341532 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * |
Date: 2019-05-06 15:32 | |
I close this issue as a duplicate of bpo-32592 which has a longer history. |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:58:41 | admin | set | github: 73261 |
| 2019-05-06 15:32:47 | vstinner | set | status: open -> closed superseder: Drop support of Windows Vista and Windows 7 nosy: + vstinner messages: + msg341532 resolution: duplicate stage: needs patch -> resolved |
| 2017-01-02 04:22:54 | steve.dower | set | messages: + msg284455 |
| 2016-12-31 05:16:28 | terry.reedy | set | nosy:
+ terry.reedy messages: + msg284364 |
| 2016-12-26 18:00:54 | steve.dower | set | title: Update WINVER to Windows 7 -> Remove Windows Vista support |
| 2016-12-26 18:00:41 | steve.dower | create | |