Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Chris Warrick Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: python doesn't install Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:03:31 +0100 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <5636A98C.6030203@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de GGjVs9kJjwhkin5zgEyd8Q3kjnCNpWb9IOju1bg6jCXg== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'page?': 0.09; 'stating': 0.09; '\xe2\x80\x94': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'vista': 0.13; 'subject:python': 0.14; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'somewhere.': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'resolved': 0.18; 'versions': 0.20; 'windows': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'minor': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'matching': 0.23; 'somewhere': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; "i've": 0.25; 'developers': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'supported': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'tend': 0.27; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'mention': 0.30; "i'd": 0.31; 'probably': 0.31; 'maybe': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'requirement.': 0.33; 'surely': 0.33; 'url:listinfo': 0.34; 'add': 0.34; 'list': 0.34; 'requirements': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'newer': 0.35; 'comment': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'being': 0.37; 'release': 0.37; 'version': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.38; 'minimum': 0.38; 'why': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'ago.': 0.61; 'skip:n 10': 0.62; 'farrance': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=x2n6BQ/Zjs3SomjSu3V56H3InjieGF0KrKyMIWG+UQQ=; b=PMu4gMvpVv02EbiRIBjMoGo7CQT4IXq47hpwTtPFTyvW2Zj/GfoOgH9mw3w7yF+blN PdP3PtY0LQaUNvrVdb/PpOrkSqXD5BZnShRYjZA+w33WmS1aXo6wfEt2BYZnwJhGY/iL Y760aJBR6P7dw7Zi5bGkev82lBPqt8L/SyBpHxVJMsQIaRQ80IeN4nOxgL7UBpDD1ijS AHY/PrleMCRp+YAwuvE/04qmWndDJUfg3NgJ4khgw3ND+04oeEUD3Al71dQgzgeWyqA8 hUwL2f2ruT3Aa2RK8IsbUcYMBMxUbe3F92CBcxJm5S4gB52yBpWWOLyIVqw8acSBqhgb +1cA== X-Received: by 10.112.64.72 with SMTP id m8mr9185863lbs.41.1446455011922; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:03:31 -0800 (PST) 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: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:98092 On 2 November 2015 at 09:28, Dave Farrance wrote: > Yes, I've read the justifications. Why list all the non-supported OSs? > And the explanation about each version of Python being supported just > for the supported versions of Windows upon its release is in the > documentation -- somewhere. But it still seems to me that stating the > minimum requirements in a place that people would tend to look for it is > a... minimum requirement. > > If the developers really are determined not to mention specific versions > of Windows (If it was me, I'd have probably mentioned that the most > recent version required Vista somewhere on the download page), then > maybe adding the comment about matching the release date of Python to > the supported versions of Windows to the download pages would give > people some sort of clue as to what's going on. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list This could be resolved in one line of HTML or reST. Windows XP is still in use, and it was supported one minor version ago. Surely it wouldn=E2=80=99t hurt to add a =E2=80=9CWarning: Windows XP is ancient, and= Python 3.5 does not support it =E2=80=94 upgrade to a newer OS or use 3.4.3 instead=E2= =80=9D notice to the download page? --=20 Chris Warrick PGP: 5EAAEA16