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Thread-Index: AQHPWYZrEEwo+ZUzJkmVs85ezlC7PpsUW86AgAACK4CAABB/gIAAAkQAgAABhQCAAAEWgIAAAaGA Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:50:45 +0000 Message-ID: References: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> <534EAF71.4090401@gmail.com> <534EB158.7080506@monetize.io> <5D7F6FBB-3487-44F8-B46C-99EF7BB4A9B2@icloudtools.net> <534EB387.9020206@monetize.io> In-Reply-To: <534EB387.9020206@monetize.io> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [68.108.69.81] x-forefront-prvs: 01834E39B7 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(10009001)(6009001)(428001)(377454003)(479174003)(189002)(24454002)(199002)(51704005)(478834004)(83072002)(85852003)(85806002)(77982001)(74502001)(4396001)(20776003)(92726001)(2656002)(92566001)(83322001)(87936001)(83716003)(66066001)(31966008)(74662001)(50986999)(54356999)(76176999)(99936001)(99396002)(99286001)(19580405001)(79102001)(19580395003)(86362001)(80976001)(80022001)(76482001)(33656001)(15975445006)(81342001)(81542001)(82746002)(36756003)(46102001)(15202345003); DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:BLUPR07MB082; H:BLUPR07MB083.namprd07.prod.outlook.com; FPR:BC04C217.AC3619C2.39F36D43.4EE2F971.20364; MLV:sfv; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:0; LANG:en; received-spf: None (: icloudtools.net does not designate permitted sender hosts) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7B85D093-079F-4C02-A5EC-E2B9E6BA869B"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: icloudtools.net X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1WaT3B-0003Hr-G2 Cc: "bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:51:07 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_7B85D093-079F-4C02-A5EC-E2B9E6BA869B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 You=92re right. That=92s a huge oversight. I think any software = product you=92ve ever considered installing has a section that says =93Hey, we want this much ram on your system, this much disk space, this = processor, etc=94. Otherwise, you=92re just setting yourself up for a bad user experience = from people with marginal machines. On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > We don't support XP. In fact we don't support *any* distribution, but = I > will assume you mean "provide a binary which runs on X." Can you find > any reference to Windows XP on the website? I can't. >=20 > On 04/16/2014 09:41 AM, Chris Williams wrote: >> It may not be our place to say whether XP is secure or not, but if we = say that we support it then we have to run test passes against XP as a = platform, and if an XP user reports a bug, then we have to do something = to address it. So, it becomes a test and support issue, not a security = issue. >>=20 >> That=92s why it doesn=92t make sense to support an OS platform that = the original vendor (MS) no longer supports themselves. >>=20 >> On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Mark Friedenbach = wrote: >>=20 >>> On 04/16/2014 09:27 AM, Kevin wrote: >>>> Should we then add an alert message to wallet installers such as, = "Such >>>> and such will not run on windows xp?" >>>=20 >>> It's not really our place to police that ... plus it's perfectly = safe to >>> be running Bitcoin Core as a full node on XP. It's just the wallet >>> functionality that people should be careful about. We're talking = about >>> such a small intersection of people who are running XP, have systems >>> powerful enough to run Bitcoin Core, and use the wallet = functionality. >>>=20 >>> = --------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >>> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book >>> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and = their >>> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, >>> this first edition is now available. 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