>19.11.2014 11:37, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:28:15 +0200, Vlad Khorsun <hv...@users.sf.net> >> wrote: >... >>> Seems, recently introduced support for IPv6 doens't work in XP. >>> It is currently investigated. >> >> Windows XP doesn't have IPv6 installed/enabled by default IIRC. Maybe that >> is a situation that isn't handled correctly? > > Yes, and i looking how to handle it correctly. > >> 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 ?
At 10:44 p.m. 19/11/2014, Vlad Khorsun wrote: It will be a race to get Fb 3 released before W3K2003 end-of-life next July (Joke!). I have customers still running XP Pro as in-house client/server and/or intranet servers. In any case, one can get security updates for WinXP up to 2019 with the addition of one little item in the Registry. ;-) Anyone who cares enough about Windows security would probably be using it. Helen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
