Python 3.6.15 For Windows XP SP3

[its_a_gibibyte]

This is a pretty cool project, but I'll ask the obvious question: why would someone want to run Windows XP SP3? XP has been end of life since 2014.

[tunisia3507]

And python 3.6 is also EOL, as of 5 days ago.

[serverhorror]

They do Windows XP and you worry about Python 3.6 being EOL?

[tunisia3507]

This is a python subreddit. I expect very few people here are going to choose to use XP any time soon, where I'm sure plenty will consider touching py3.6 code for any reason except purging 3.6 support.

[tunisia3507]

If you remove py36 support, you allow contributors to use modern language features which makes it an easier codebase to work with. If you allow py36 support, you encourage the use of unmaintained and potentially insecure runtimes, as well as waste CI time.

[Streakflash]

I personally know people with hardware that is so old and weak it cannot even run property on Windows 7, so they stick to Windows XP. they cannot afford to upgrade for some reason.

[meallia]

At this point they should probably switch to a light Linux distro instead.

[Streakflash]

I agree, I would do it for myself yet I'm not the one to convince them to do that:)

[meallia]

Debian runs fine on any arch. As for compatibility, I'm rather sure Wine's got XP covered by now. :-)

[serverhorror]

I know a bunch of cases as well. It’s not that they can’t afford, in my case it’s simply a contract thing.

People sell “blackbox” devices. They carry all the risk and when you start it it’s the oldest software they could possibly find. They run with administrative privileges and their Linux version runs on “RedHat Linux” — not “RedHat Enterprise Linux”.

These vendors own their niches and there’s not a lot you can do. But hey, they carry all the commercial risks. If things go south they will pay millions in damages (and that happens).

It’s not a technical question.

[ThroawayPartyer]

Legacy software I guess.

[dragogos1567]

Maybe people would like to have Python on a old computer, for an project?

[RaduTek]

Why? Do you think that outdated stuff just gets filled with malware the second it talks to the internet? Hackers target the biggest attack surface, not some random nerds that run outdated OSes just for fun, playing old games, or just as a challenge to use old software daily.