[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 2316bc881eea by Steve Dower in branch '3.5': Issue #25143: Improves installer error messages for unsupported platforms. https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2316bc881eea New changeset 2c384ba13fdd by Steve Dower in branch 'default': Issue #25143:

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Steve Dower added the comment: Still need to validate the fix on WinXP, as I'm not 100% certain that enough UI will appear to show the user the error, but we will now bail right at the start and link to either help pages for installing updates (for Vista/7) or Python 3.4 (for pre-Vista).

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Tim Golden added the comment: I'd just bail as early as poss. from the installer. If it's possible to detect Windows versions, stick something like "The last version to support WinXP is 3.4". If that's too tricky, perhaps something "Your system may be unsupported. Please try an earlier

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Steve Dower added the comment: I don't have any XP machines handy, but I'll see if I can at least get an early termination from the installer rather than broken UI. IIRC, Larry was against having prominent warnings about unsupported platforms on the download page, but with python.org being

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Ulrich Fieseler added the comment: Even better: Clearly (and ASAP!) document on download page that 3.4.3 is the last version usable in XP! This avoids useless downloads and a lot of confusion as clicking somewhere in the erroneously white area above the `Cancel' button in the 3.5.0 installer

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

New submission from Paul: Running the installer on an unsupported system (such as Windows XP)should fail gracefully and not just leave the user hanging. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2015-September/696789.html -- components: Installation messages: 250852 nosy:

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Changes by Brett Cannon : -- components: +Windows -Installation nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker

[issue25143] 3.5 install fails poorly on Windows XP

Djoudi Benarfa added the comment: The Python installer could check what operating system the user is trying to install python on and if it's not supported then, information him, and maybe redirect him to the correct python version. -- nosy: +djoudi