+1 for discontinuing. On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:11 PM Naveen Swamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 to stop supporting Win7 > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 3:54 PM Lin Yuan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Community, > > > > > > > > Currently, our MXNet installation guide for Windows does not work for > > Windows 7. e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is not supported on Windows > 7 > > < > > > https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/vs2015/received-error-specified-program-requires-newer-version-windows/ > > >. > > In addition, MSFT ended “Mainstream” support for Windows 7 in 2015 ( > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet > > ). > > Therefore, it is not possible for developers to build MXNet and verify > the > > fix on Windows 7 platform. Given that there have been several issues > about > > MXNet error on Windows 7 (issue#9271 > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/9271>, issue #8921 > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/8921>, issue #11163 > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/11163>), it will even > > add > > more burden on developers in the future if we were to continue supporting > > Windows 7. > > > > > > > > I therefore would like to propose that we discontinue the support of > MXNet > > on Windows 7 in the next release. > > > > > > Specifically, this means the following required actions: > > > > 1) state the discontinuation of Windows 7 support in the release note > > > > 2) update the MXNet webpage if Windows version is mentioned. > > > > 3) update the open Github issues related to Windows 7 > > > > > > Please share your thoughts about this proposal and/or suggest if there is > > any other missing action item from the above. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Lin > > >
