If you're still running XP isn't it pretty unlikely you have hardware modern enough to power a Steam game in the first place?
-J Sent via iPhone Is your email Premiere? > On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:51, Glyph <gl...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: > > >> On Oct 23, 2013, at 7:07 AM, HawkOwl <hawk...@atleastfornow.net> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have raised the question of Windows XP support in Twisted earlier today in >> #twisted-dev. Since the Microsoft "extended support" cut-off is within six >> or so months, and there is continuing trouble with the XP-based buildslave, >> I think it would be a good idea to get a figure of how many Windows XP users >> there are currently using Twisted, so informed decisions can be made in >> regards to supporting it. >> >> If you use Twisted on Windows XP, please comment on ticket #6798 [1], so we >> can get an idea of the usage numbers. >> >> -hawkowl > > > I have 2 concerns with XP support; one is that an existing user will be > unable to upgrade to a new version of Twisted, but an equally valid concern > is that Twisted would be unsuitable for a *new* application because of a > requirement to run on XP. And although Microsoft doesn't support it, there > are still millions and millions of computers with it installed. > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems> > > Perhaps more interesting than that ~30% number, though, is the fact that ~7% > of the Steam user base is still actively using XP on machines they play games > on: > > <http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey> > > And I'd definitely like Twisted to stay true to its roots and remain an > attractive option for game developers. I'm pretty sure no games on the Steam > store currently use Twisted, but I would like that to change ;-). "First, > sacrifice 7% of your potential revenue" seems like a bad starting point for > the pitch for why Twisted would be great to use in their game. > > Nevertheless I can definitely understand the appeal of dropping support for > XP, too. I really hope that the "extended support" cut-off is going to > provoke a massive drop in those numbers, but somehow I suspect that a > substantial fraction of the people on those systems are going to keep using > them until they physically fail, and do not know or care whether Microsoft > "supports" them. > > Also, aren't the majority of the problems on the Windows buildslave just race > conditions that we don't seem to hit with our other builders right now? It > would be good to have it be regularly green *before* it's decommissioned. > (If you're referring to operational issues keeping it running, then, by all > means carry on.) > > -glyph > > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
