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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 12.07.13 01:58, schrieb Christian Heimes:
> For Python 3.4 is going to be a very close call. According to PEP 429
> 3.4.0 final is scheduled for February 22, 2014. The extended support
> phase of Windows XP ends merely 45 days later on April 8, 2014. Do we
> really have to restrict ourselves to an API that is going to become
> deprecated 45 days after the estimated release of 3.4.0?

I suggest to stick to the words of the PEP, which means that XP needs
to be supported in 3.4. For 3.5, according to the PEP, XP support
*may* be dropped - it doesn't have to be dropped.

Notice that you cannot yet know for sure that XP support ends on April 8
- even though it's likely that it will. Microsoft might (and, in the
past did) extend an earlier end-of-support date (although they probably
won't do so for XP anymore).

The most significant reason for dropping XP support in Python will
likely be the desire to switch to new VC versions: Newer CRTs don't
support XP anymore.

Regards,
Martin