An "awful lot" is really an awful lot, even these days.  Most companies are not 
upgrading period.  Maybe due to the economy, or maybe their distrust of any 
Vista-like OS. I would think it ashame not to test Scribus on XP, as this is 
still your majority Windows OS user base. 



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From: Craig Bradney <[email protected]>
To: scribus at lists.scribus.info
Sent: Tue, December 7, 2010 3:53:40 PM
Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus 1.4.0 and XP

On 12/7/10 9:40 PM, K.King wrote:
> <<
> We will also be dropping support for XP eventually (perhaps with 1.4.0),
> ie to the point of saying.. if it works, then great, but we won't test
> on it anymore. Not confirmed yet.
>>>
> Is 1.4.0 that far away:-?
> An awful lot of people are and probably will still be using it for
> quite a while.
> Some corporates are in no hurry to move to 7, as still supported till
> 2014.
>

1.4.0 is not that far away.

XP is 2 versions behind, and 9+ years old (from release, not
development). It is as insecure as an open door.

I didn't say our release would not be compatible with XP (I'm 99% sure
it will be), however we will not be testing on XP.

I doubt "an awful" lot is really that many these days.. Windows 7 is
*miles* ahead of XP and Vista in so many ways.

Craig

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