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-----Original Message-----
> From: Mikel King [mailto:mikel.king_at_techally.com]
> Sent: 18 September 2008 14:53
> To: Bert Huijben (TCG)
> Cc: users_at_subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Dropping support for Windows '9X and NT 4.0 in
> Subversion 1.6?
>
>
> On Sep 17, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Bert Huijben (TCG) wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a quick question to you all. Do you use a current subversion
> > release
> > (1.4 or 1.5) on Windows '9X or NT 4.0?
> >
> > We are thinking about dropping support for these Windows versions
> > starting
> > with Subversion 1.6, by formalizing Windows 2000 or later as
> > requirement for
> > the Windows releases.
> >
> > (You can always use an older Subversion client to connect to a new
> > server on
> > these windows versions)
> >
> > Microsoft dropped the support for these windows versions a few years
> > ago and
> > the currently released binaries from Collabnet, SlikSVN and probably
> > also
> > Tigris are only targeted towards Windows 2000 and later.
> >
> > Removing the compatibility workarounds, would clean up the
> > authentication
> > code considerable and might even enhance the speed a little bit.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Bert
>
> Personally, I'd drop Win2k and below.
For what's worth it, I agree
Giulio
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