Andrew McGlashan via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 30/01/2016 10:32 PM, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote:
> > IE version 11 supports it and runs on Windows 7+ (all supported
> > versions of Windows).  IE 10 doesn't support it and runs on Windows
> > 7 and Windows 8.  Are the free upgrades from Windows 7 to Windows
> > 10 going to solve this problem?
> 
> Who cares about IE and Edge?  I won't use those browsers except as an
> absolute last resort.

You and I wouldn't use them except as a last resort, but some newcomers to
Linux who want to join Luv might. Ultimately, this is not a matter of our
preferences but of ensuring that people who visit the Web site via TLS can use
it.

> 
> > Windows mobile doesn't have enough users to care about.
> 
> Again, who cares?
> 

The said users care.
 
> I won't do much on a mobile browser when most things can wait for a
> desktop browser and I can lock down a desktop browser much more and
> have it operate much more securely.
> 

Your preferences aren't universal.

Given that TLS is now required by luv.asn.au, I think a backward-compatible
approach is appropriate. Arbitrarily excluding users of software that one
doesn't like sends the wrong kind of message.

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