Mark Lawrence wrote:
CPython's Windows support now follows this lifecycle. A new feature release X.Y.0 will support all Windows releases whose extended support phase is not yet expired. Subsequent bug fix releases will support the same Windows releases as the original feature release (even if the extended support phase has ended).
The reason for error message the OP reported is what the MSVC 2015 (?) linker puts in the PE optional header. From 'pedump python3.exe': Optional Header Magic 010B linker version 14.00 ... file align 200 required OS version 6.00 << !! Hence the error on Win-XP (i.e. 5.x). Wouldn't it be more elegant of Python (and it's installer) to put a '-subsystem:console,5.02' in the link flags? And then detect Win-XP later on and refuse a further install? -- --gv -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
