[Privoxy-devel] Windows XP support?

[Fabian Keil]

"Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2022-01-12 at 13:49:41:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022, at 10:46, Fabian Keil wrote:
> > "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2022-01-11 at
> > 18:58:02:
> >
> >> Update - here's my proposed change for your approval prior to
> >> committing:
> >> https://silvester.org.uk/privoxy-doc-testing/faq/installation.html
> >
> > I don't quite like the wording "binaries shipped by the Privoxy
> > project" and "Project-supplied binaries" and would prefer "binaries
> > provided by members of the Privoxy team" or something similar that
> > makes it clear that the binaries are provided by individuals and not
> > the whole project.
> 
> Understood - I will make appropriate adjustments before committing.

Great.

> > I'm also not so sure about mentioning old releases with known
> > security issues without warning.
> >
> > For example my recommendation for Windows XP users would be to
> > build the latest Privoxy release themselves if possible instead
> > of downloading an obsolete Privoxy version that happens to "work".
> 
> I see your point, but I suspect that a sizeable portion of users might
> want a binary for older releases (esp. macOS) but lack the ability to
> build their own. I will add appropriate warning that these older
> releases include known security issues and that it is preferable to
> build the latest code to target their chosen OS release. Are comfortable
> with that?

Yes.

> >> Despite this clarification, I still intend to update the macOS binary
> >> package README with similar details - in this way we will build a
> >> library of releases with support for older OS versions.
> >
> > Adding theses details to the READMEs makes sense to me as well.
> >
> > Then the FAQ could simply refer to the READMEs without duplicating
> > the information and with less risk that the information in the
> > FAQ becomes obsolete because we forgot to update it before a release.
> 
> The advantage of having a table in the FAQ (that I will take
> responsibility for updating prior to release) is to have all the info of
> the last binary with a given OS version support in one place.

Okay. I guess we can test for a while if we manage to keep it
updated.

Fabian
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