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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 05:17:08 +1000
Subject: Re: python 3.5.0b3 (32-bit) exe setup
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 5:09 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
>> 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.

Yeah, I wasn't particularly sanguine [1] on that last point.

ChrisA

[1] Sanguine. Hopeful. Point of interest, it also means bloody, which
is a word a lot of British people use in describing Win XP.