Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Neil Hodgson wrote: > Martin v. Löwis: > >> See http://bugs.python.org/issue6926 >> >> The SDK currently hides symbolic constants from us that people are >> asking for. > >Setting the version to 0x501 (XP) doesn't actively try to stop > running on version 0x500 (2K), it just reveals the symbo

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-02 Thread Greg Ewing
Neil Hodgson wrote: There is the question of whether to force failure on Windows 2000 or just remove it from the list of known-working platforms while still allowing it to run. I'd be grateful if you could refrain from doing anything to actively break it. Win 2000 was the last version to be fre

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-02 Thread Neil Hodgson
Martin v. Löwis: > See http://bugs.python.org/issue6926 > > The SDK currently hides symbolic constants from us that people are > asking for. Setting the version to 0x501 (XP) doesn't actively try to stop running on version 0x500 (2K), it just reveals the symbols and APIs from 0x501. Including

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows >> 2.7 installer should display a warning; 3.2 will stop supporting Windows >> 2000. > >Is there any reason for this? I can understand dropping Windows 9x > due to the lack of Unicode support but is there anything missi

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread Neil Hodgson
Martin v. Löwis: > I don't recall whether we have already decided about continued support > for Windows 2000. > > If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows > 2.7 installer should display a warning; 3.2 will stop supporting Windows > 2000. Is there any reason for t

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread Brett Cannon
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 13:40, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > I don't recall whether we have already decided about continued support > for Windows 2000. > > If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows > 2.7 installer should display a warning; 3.2 will stop supporting Window

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread sstein...@gmail.com
On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> I don't recall whether we have already decided about continued support >> for Windows 2000. >> >> If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows >> 2.7 inst

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > I don't recall whether we have already decided about continued support > for Windows 2000. > > If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows > 2.7 installer should display a warning; 3.2 will stop supporting Windo

[Python-Dev] Python and Windows 2000

2010-03-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I don't recall whether we have already decided about continued support for Windows 2000. If not, I'd like to propose that we phase out that support: the Windows 2.7 installer should display a warning; 3.2 will stop supporting Windows 2000. Opinions? Regards, Martin __