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Remove Windows Vista support #73261
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| BPO | 29075 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @terryjreedy, @pfmoore, @vstinner, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba |
| Superseder |
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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-05-06.15:32:47.541>
created_at = <Date 2016-12-26.18:00:41.378>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.7', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Remove Windows Vista support'
updated_at = <Date 2019-05-06.15:32:47.537>
user = 'https://github.com/zooba'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2019-05-06.15:32:47.537>
actor = 'vstinner'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-05-06.15:32:47.541>
closer = 'vstinner'
components = ['Windows']
creation = <Date 2016-12-26.18:00:41.378>
creator = 'steve.dower'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29075
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['284034', '284364', '284455', '341532']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'paul.moore', 'vstinner', 'tim.golden', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '32592'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29075'
versions = ['Python 3.7']
Activity
zooba commentedon Dec 26, 2016
Windows Vista SP2 is out of support by the time that Python 3.7 releases (see PEP-0537 and [1]), so we should do the following tasks:
We may also be able to take advantage of new flags, particularly related to security (I think LoadLibrary[Ex] got new flags).
If there's anything else we need to do, post it here so we don't forget.
References:
[1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Windows%20Vista%20Service%20Pack%202
[-]Update WINVER to Windows 7[/-][+]Remove Windows Vista support[/+]terryjreedy commentedon Dec 31, 2016
How certain are you that Vista support will actually end?
Other things: assuming reasonable certainty, could the 3.6 installer say "This is the last version that will run on Vista!"?
zooba commentedon Jan 2, 2017
Only as certain as anyone else in the general public - I don't have any special information besides what has been published.
Since it's been published for the specific intent of helping 3rd parties plan their own deprecation cycles, I think it's okay to assume that it's correct. The chance of there being an XP-like backlash against Vista's end-of-life is very low.
vstinner commentedon May 6, 2019
I close this issue as a duplicate of bpo-32592 which has a longer history.