On 07/11/2013 04:58 PM, Christian Heimes wrote:
how do you feel about dropping Windows XP support for Python 3.4? It would enable us to use some features that are only available on Windows Vista and newer, for example http://bugs.python.org/issue6926 and http://bugs.python.org/issue1763 . PEP 11 says: A new feature release X.Y.0 will support all Windows releases whose extended support phase is not yet expired. For Python 3.4 is going to be a very close call. According to PEP 429 3.4.0 final is scheduled for February 22, 2014. The extended support phase of Windows XP ends merely 45 days later on April 8, 2014. Do we really have to restrict ourselves to an API that is going to become deprecated 45 days after the estimated release of 3.4.0?
Just because Microsoft no longer supports it doesn't mean there aren't still a lot of machines using it. Of course, I suppose those folks can just stick with 3.3. ;)
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