[Python-Dev] Dropping support for Win9x in 2.6
Michael Foord
fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Fri Feb 24 19:06:59 CET 2006
Georg Brandl wrote:
> Neal Norwitz wrote:
>
>> Martin and I were talking about dropping support for older versions of
>> Windows (of the non-NT flavor). We both thought that it was
>> reasonable to stop supporting Win9x (including WinME) in Python 2.6.
>> I updated PEP 11 to reflect this.
>>
>> The Python 2.5 installer will present a warning message on the systems
>> which will not be supported in Python 2.6.
>>
>
> Hey, someone even wanted to continue supporting DOS...
>
>
A lot of people are still using Windows 98. But I guess if noone is
volunteering to maintain the code...
Michael Foord
> Georg
>
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