Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!border2.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone04.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'compiler': 0.05; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'jan': 0.11; 'subject:python': 0.14; '"cancel"': 0.16; 'compiler,': 0.16; 'devs': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'reproduce': 0.16; 'sp3': 0.16; 'subject:bit': 0.16; 'subject:exe': 0.16; 'unsupported': 0.16; 'vmware': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.16; 'odd': 0.18; 'windows': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'fix': 0.21; 'assuming': 0.22; 'fixing': 0.22; 'visible': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'downloaded': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'install': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; "doesn't": 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'skip:" 20': 0.26; 'supported': 0.27; 'not.': 0.27; '14,': 0.27; 'change,': 0.27; '(although': 0.29; 'microsoft,': 0.29; 'selection': 0.29; 'work.': 0.30; 'screen': 0.32; 'subject:) ': 0.32; 'run': 0.33; 'problem': 0.33; 'tue,': 0.34; 'except': 0.34; 'running': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; "won't": 0.38; 'version': 0.38; 'anything': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'per': 0.62; 'latest': 0.64; 'incorporate': 0.66; 'jul': 0.72; 'surprise': 0.72; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: python 3.5.0b3 (32-bit) exe setup Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:09:52 -0400 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-98-114-97-173.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1436901017 news.xs4all.nl 2912 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44781 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 4374 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3136735802 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:93832 On 7/14/2015 7:56 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Colin Dick wrote: >> when I run the downloaded version of this pgm "python-3.5.0b3.exe" >> >> there are no visible selection box's except "cancel" on the >> first screen shown >> >> see the attached screen dump >> >> its running on a win xp sp3 as a vmware vm >> > > As of Python 3.5, Windows XP is no longer a supported platform. It is unsupported by Microsoft, and hence by CPython. > Since there has also been a change of compiler for 3.5, to the new 2015 Microsoft compiler, which I am very sure does not support XP, as per above. People running XP should install the latest 3.4. > it wouldn't surprise > me if there are odd problems where something just doesn't work. Can > you reproduce the problem on Win 7 or newer? If it's just an XP > problem, I suspect the devs won't be very much interested in fixing it > (although if _you_ fix it, they may be willing to incorporate the > change, assuming it doesn't break anything else). I think not. -- Terry Jan Reedy