[Python-Dev] Python 3.4 and Windows XP: just 45 days until EOL

[Guido van Rossum]

You underestimate the reach of XP. For older or underpowered hardware
outside the developed world it is still the de facto choice. And it
definitely is the best version of Windows ever. None of the Win98 crap and
none of the Vista junk.

Telling people to go install Ubuntu is not really fair if others around
them don't or if they need certain software.

--Guido van Rossum (sent from Android phone)
On Jul 12, 2013 4:34 AM, "Christian Heimes" <christian at python.org> wrote:

> Am 12.07.2013 03:49, schrieb Ben Hoyt:
> > I guess it has to be dropped at some stage, but with Windows XP it's a
> > case of "XP is dead. Long live XP!" There are still an awful lot of XP
> > boxes out there, and I'd kind hate to see support dropped completely. We
> > still use it here at home.
> >
> > Wikipedia/Net Applications says that Windows XP has still has a full 37%
> > of market share!
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems)
>
> I'm not planing to shut Windows XP out from Python completely. Users of
> Python can still use Python 3.3 or 2.7. Python 3.3 will get a final bug
> fix release after the release of Python 3.4.0 and security fixes until
> 2017.
>
> Windows XP is really, *really* old. It has been released almost 12 years
> ago. Linux kernel 2.4.0 was released about the same time. Its mainstream
> support has ended 4 years ago. Do people really expect that they can run
> the latest version of a program on a decommissioned operating system?
>
> Christian
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