[issue22661] WinXP concerns

2014-10-17 Thread Tcll
Tcll added the comment: ah I see in that case, I work on my program for you guys as well :) it won't be finished any time soon, but what I'm working on is a recompiler specifically for this garbage of cross-platform support being hindered. so in the mean-time try to do what you can towards kee

[issue22661] WinXP concerns

2014-10-17 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Yeah, it wasn't so much negative, as...edgy? :) We can't really support what Microsoft doesn't support, since we use the Microsoft compilers. There is discussion about better support for alternate compilers, though, and if that eventuates *some* sort of supp

[issue22661] WinXP concerns

2014-10-17 Thread Tcll
Tcll added the comment: I'm sorry... I wasn't trying to sound negative... I deal with alot of stress from many developers in this area, so yea, you can see why I sound like that. but thanks for telling me about that with 2.7 :) though I was hoping to try out python3 in the future. =3=

[issue22661] WinXP concerns

2014-10-17 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: This is not an appropriate discussion for the bug tracker. python-dev would be the logical venue, but your apparent tone of voice isn't optimal for stimulating positive discussion, I'm afraid :) That said, we won't be dropping support for XP in 2.7, since it

[issue22661] WinXP concerns

2014-10-17 Thread Tcll
New submission from Tcll: About a week ago I read you were also dropping support for WinXP. This will cause issues for me as I don't support newer Win (or should I say MS-RAT infested) OS's I use linux now, but I still use XP as a testing interface for Windows. (I will not install any newer wi