On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:19:36 +0200, Vlad Khorsun <hv...@users.sf.net> wrote: > 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 > ???
As I said: playing devils advocate. And yes, that is what I did. If you continue to use an OS that is no longer supported by the vendor that is your problem, but should it be our problem to continue to support it as well? Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
