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| author | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2015-12-27 20:08:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2015-12-27 20:08:37 (GMT) |
| commit | 85622e4bc914383c087ef2e5944b14b10b22cff5 (patch) | |
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Issue #25874: Clarify platform support in the "Using Python on Windows" doc.
Thanks to Chris Wilcox for the initial patch.
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diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 2116c10..63de69f 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ core interpreter and library being used by a single user. The installer is also able to install for all users of a single machine, and a separate ZIP file is available for application-local distributions. +Supported Versions +------------------ + +As specified in :pep:`11`, a Python release only supports a Windows platform +while Microsoft considers the platform under extended support. This means that +Python 3.5 supports Windows Vista and newer. If you require Windows XP support +then please install Python 3.4. + Installation Steps ------------------ |