[Python-checkins] r70901 - python/trunk/README

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Mar 31 23:40:24 2009
New Revision: 70901

Log:
Remove warning about pending Win9x support removal.


Modified:
   python/trunk/README

Modified: python/trunk/README
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--- python/trunk/README	(original)
+++ python/trunk/README	Tue Mar 31 23:40:24 2009
@@ -248,24 +248,9 @@
 - Systems using --with-dl-dld
 - Systems using --without-universal-newlines
 - MacOS 9
-
-The following systems are still supported in Python 2.5, but
-support will be dropped in 2.6:
 - Systems using --with-wctype-functions
 - Win9x, WinME
 
-Warning on install in Windows 98 and Windows Me
------------------------------------------------
-
-Following Microsoft's closing of Extended Support for
-Windows 98/ME (July 11, 2006), Python 2.6 will stop
-supporting these platforms. Python development and
-maintainability becomes easier (and more reliable) when
-platform specific code targeting OSes with few users
-and no dedicated expert developers is taken out. The
-vendor also warns that the OS versions listed above
-"can expose customers to security risks" and recommends
-upgrade.
 
 Platform specific notes
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