19.11.2014 12:00, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:44:56 +0200, Vlad Khorsun <hv...@users.sf.net> > wrote: >>> Lets play devils advocate: >>> Do we want to continue to support Windows XP? It is end-of-life, no >>> longer >>> receives security updates and should therefor be considered insecure. >>> Releasing a new Firebird that still supports XP might give people the >>> wrong >>> impression it is still OK to use XP. >> >> WinXP == Win2003. Do you offer to drop support of W2K3 servers too ? > > Technically I wasn't proposing not to fix this problem, but to formally no > longer support Windows XP. > But a good point; Windows Server 2003 will go end of life in July 2015, so > do we expect to release FB 3 before that date ;).
Do you really propose us to drop support of OS just because MS did it ??? > Note that although XP and 2003 are similar, they are not exactly the same. What a surprise ! :) Regards, Vlad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
