[Privoxy-devel] Windows XP support?

[Fabian Keil]

"Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2022-01-10 at 17:19:35:

> On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, at 14:48, Ian Silvester wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, at 03:38, Fabian Keil wrote:
> >> "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2022-01-05 at
> >> 09:20:42:

> >>> Okay - with your approval I will make the assumption that the user
> >>> reporting the issue previously ran 3.0.32 without issue and that
> >>> therefore 3.0.32 is the last version that supported XP.
> >>
> >> I think we should differentiate between what operating systems
> >> are supported by a given binary package and what operating systems
> >> a Privoxy version is expected to run on when compiled properly.
> >>
> >> IMHO we as a project still support Windows XP in
> >> the sense that we answer support requests.
> >>
> >> I'd also expect Privoxy 3.0.33 to work on Windows XP when
> >> the user compiles it herself using a tool chain that still
> >> works on Windows XP. We just don't provide binaries for
> >> Windows XP at this time due to lack of resources or interest.

> > Good point, and I agree. I will make sure the documentation updates 
> > include this distinction.

> Having reviewed the web site documentation, there is no existing
> information regarding supported operating system versions, ergo nothing
> there to correct. I intend to address this in the macOS release by
> updating the associated README. Lee are you up for adding a step to your
> release process to update similar details in the Win32 README.txt?

Did you overlook doc/source/supported.sgml?

It even lists Windows 95 as operating system where Privoxy is
"known to run".

Fabian
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