2014-08-10 16:56 GMT+02:00 Maynard, Chris <[email protected]>:
> Other possibilities? > > > > 1. Disable the auto-update feature if Wireshark is running on Windows > XP. > > 2. Leave the auto-update enabled, but have it only check against the > latest 1.10.x version (if possible)? > > 3. Since Wireshark 1.12.x still works on Windows XP, possibly change > the message from “This version may not work on Windows XP …” to something > else, such as, “This version is unsupported on Windows XP. If you > experience problems, please report them and revert to an earlier version of > Wireshark instead.” … where “earlier version” is not necessarily the latest > 1.10.x release since we know 1.12.0 still works. We could also refer them > to http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LifeCycle? That way they pretty > much know that they’re on their own. Once a future version of Wireshark is > known NOT to work on Windows XP, then handle it just like 2000, NT, …? > > > > - Chris > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Graham Bloice > *Sent:* Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:10 AM > *To:* Developer support list for Wireshark > *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Warning users on XP *before* uninstalling > the old version? > > > > On 10 August 2014 02:55, Evan Huus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Per this comment, seems like it would be a good idea: > > https://blog.wireshark.org/2014/07/wireshark-1-12-officially-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 > > Don't know much about the Windows installer though, this may not be > possible? > > > > From the release notes: > > > 2.4. Platform Support > > Support for Windows XP has been deprecated. We will make an effort to > support it for as long as possible but our ability to do so depends on > upstream packages and other factors beyond our control. > > > > As users obviously don't read the release notes! I think we should maybe > get the installer to check if the host OS is XP, and then offer the warning > before doing anything else. > > -- > > Graham Bloice > Hi, in https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/3533/, I moved the Windows version check prior to the uninstaller. Pascal.
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