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@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ compilers from the vendor, or one of the free compilers (gcc). Unsupported systems ------------------- -XXX This section is out of date! - -A number of features are not supported in Python 2.3 anymore. Some -support code is still present, but will be removed in Python 2.4. +A number of features are not supported in Python 2.5 anymore. Some +support code is still present, but will be removed in Python 2.6. If you still need to use current Python versions on these systems, please send a message to python-dev@python.org indicating that you -volunteer to support this system. +volunteer to support this system. For a more detailed discussion +regarding no-longer-supported and resupporting platforms, as well +as a list of platforms that became or will be unsupported, see PEP 11. More specifically, the following systems are not supported any longer: @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ longer: - DYNIX - dgux - Minix +- NeXT - Irix 4 and --with-sgi-dl - Linux 1 - Systems defining __d6_pthread_create (configure.in) @@ -247,6 +248,25 @@ longer: or PY_PTHREAD_D7 in thread_pthread.h - Systems using --with-dl-dld - Systems using --without-universal-newlines +- MacOS 9 + +The following systems are still supported in Python 2.5, but +support will be dropped in 2.6: +- Systems using --with-wctype-functions +- Win9x, WinME + +Warning on install in Windows 98 and Windows Me +----------------------------------------------- + +Following Microsoft's closing of Extended Support for +Windows 98/ME (July 11, 2006), Python 2.6 will stop +supporting these platforms. Python development and +maintainability becomes easier (and more reliable) when +platform specific code targeting OSes with few users +and no dedicated expert developers is taken out. The +vendor also warns that the OS versions listed above +"can expose customers to security risks" and recommends +upgrade. Platform specific notes ----------------------- @@ -426,14 +446,6 @@ UnixWare: There are known bugs in the math library of the system, as well as thread may interrupt system calls in others). Therefore, test_math and tests involving threads will fail until those problems are fixed. -SunOS 4.x: When using the SunPro C compiler, you may want to use the - '-Xa' option instead of '-Xc', to enable some needed non-ANSI - Sunisms. - THIS SYSTEM IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. - -NeXT: Not supported anymore. Start with the MacOSX/Darwin code if you - want to revive it. - QNX: Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes: configure works best if you use GNU bash; a port is available on ftp.qnx.com in /usr/free. I used the following process to build, |