In a message of Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:14:25 +0100, "Steffen Herzfeldt" writes: >Hi, >today i downloaded python3.5.0 x86 (win32) installer. >after the programm installed the files into its standard directory without >asking me if i wanted it in a different position, i tried running a program >that was written for python 3.3.x >the response of my system was an error message "python.exe is not a valid >32 bit executable." . > >I just wanted to let you know that your program just doesn't work on WinXP.
Thank you. We have a bug report in about detecting winXP early and saying that 3.5 requires a newer version of windows. The next installer should report this properly. >I guess you just think "Linux is better anyway" to which i agree until it >comes to games requiring directx, but that doesn't change the fact that the >installer was labeled as working on win32 systems. You are wrong about the thinking -- indeed the installer was written by a Microsoft employee, Steven Dower. He just missed having it detect winXP. >I hope you solve the problem. Alas, it is a 'won't fix' for python.org. Maybe Activestate or Continuum.io will support XP with their 3.5 packages, but python-dev is not going to. >keep up the good work and once Linux natively handles directx i'll dump MS >immediately. *oh how I wish* >with best regards, > >Steffen H. Sorry we didn't do a better job of telling you this will not work, Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
