From 85622e4bc914383c087ef2e5944b14b10b22cff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 12:08:37 -0800 Subject: Issue #25874: Clarify platform support in the "Using Python on Windows" doc. Thanks to Chris Wilcox for the initial patch. --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 8 ++++++++ Misc/ACKS | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) 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 ------------------ diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS index cd715de..81353f2 100644 --- a/Misc/ACKS +++ b/Misc/ACKS @@ -1554,6 +1554,7 @@ Felix Wiemann Gerry Wiener Frank Wierzbicki Santoso Wijaya +Chris Wilcox Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn Timothy Wild Jakub Wilk -- cgit v0.12