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WinXP concerns #66851
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About a week ago I read you were also dropping support for WinXP. This will cause issues for me as I don't support newer Win (or should I say MS-RAT infested) OS's I use linux now, but I still use XP as a testing interface for Windows. I hope this changes development aims to continue supporting WinXP... if not, I can no longer consider python as cross-platform, I'm still looking into how to disable the MS-RAT with python, as a friend of my friend has already done it. if (and only if) I can disable MS's RAT, I will gladly use a newer windows as a testing interface, so long as I can hack it like XP. The reason I chose 2.7 for the python version is due to me being a PyOpenGL programmer and that the extension runs faster in 2.7 |
This is not an appropriate discussion for the bug tracker. python-dev would be the logical venue, but your apparent tone of voice isn't optimal for stimulating positive discussion, I'm afraid :) That said, we won't be dropping support for XP in 2.7, since it is in maintenance. |
I'm sorry... I wasn't trying to sound negative... I deal with alot of stress from many developers in this area, but thanks for telling me about that with 2.7 :) |
Yeah, it wasn't so much negative, as...edgy? :) We can't really support what Microsoft doesn't support, since we use the Microsoft compilers. There is discussion about better support for alternate compilers, though, and if that eventuates *some* sort of support for XP ought to be possible, though exactly what it would look like would be up to the people interested enough to do it. |
ah I see it won't be finished any time soon, but what I'm working on is a recompiler specifically for this garbage of cross-platform support being hindered. so in the mean-time try to do what you can towards keeping XP supported ;) just understand, from what I've been hacking and paying attention to, MS wants to control both the market and Windows PC users. that RAT I talk about has been found in all versions of Windows from Vista and up. I wish you guys the best of luck ;) +1 guys ;) *looks toward other developers* |
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