[Python-Dev] "python.exe is not a valid Win32 app"

Laura Creighton lac at openend.se
Tue Dec 15 09:41:35 EST 2015


In a message of Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:46:03 +0100, Armin Rigo writes:
>Hi all,
>
>On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Laura Creighton <lac at openend.se> wrote:
>> Python 3.5 is not supported on windows XP.  Upgrade your OS or
>> stick with 3.4
>
>Maybe this information should be written down somewhere more official?
> I can't find it in any of these pages:
>
>https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
>https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350/
>https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-351/
>https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html
>
>It is found on the following page, to which googling "python 3.5
>windows XP" does not point:
>
>https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/3.5.html#unsupported-operating-systems
>
>Instead, the google query above returns various threads on
>stackoverflow and elsewhere where users wonder about that very
>question.
>
>
>A bientôt,
>
>Armin.

I already asked for that, on the bug tracker but maybe I picked the wrong
issue tracker for that request.

So now I have made one here, too.
https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/867

Laura


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