[Python-Dev] Dropping support for Win9x in 2.6 (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Fri Feb 24 19:29:27 CET 2006

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006, Michael Foord wrote:

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...

DOS has some actual utility for low-grade devices and is overall a simpler platform to deliver code for. At the standard 18-month release cycle, it will be beginning of 2008 for the release of 2.6, which is ten years after Win98.

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