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Re: [RFC] Dropping support for Windows '9X and NT 4.0 in Subversion 1.6?

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:58:35 -0400

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 09:53, Mikel King <mikel.king_at_techally.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Win2K is still under Microsoft's "Extended Support" until 7/13/2010.
NT4 SP6a ended 12/31/2004.

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