Windows XP, Windows Vista, and macOS 10.9-10.11 not getting any more big releases

[matthewyang204]

I'm dropping these two old versions of Windows from any newer, bigger releases, because f-strings break compatibility with Python 3.4. Additionally, macOS is also affected. So, because f-strings require Python 3.6 or later, the new compatilbility requirements for Windows and macOS are below:

• Windows 7 or later
• macOS 10.12 or later

Windows XP and Vista users, you can now download the final release, 4.8.1, here. The 4.8.x releases will still be supported for a while with bugfixes and small feature updates.

[matthewyang204]

Release 4.8.2 was published a few days ago. Sorry for not providing any updates. You can download it here.

[matthewyang204]

4.8.x is no longer supported. It takes a lot of effort to maintain 3 different platforms' worth of versions, let alone having to maintain a whole other version that is meant for older computers. Vista can resort to using this to get Python 3.9 and later to work, enabling support.

[matthewyang204]

I added back Windows XP/Vista compatibility over the weekend. There is a branch called python34compat that is at least partially always compatible with systems deadlocked to Python 3.4 that occasionally contributes to the main branch. Tested build working and installed on Windows XP. Windows systems get priority.

[matthewyang204]

Linux is not getting any attention on the python34compat branch right now, as I have no machine to test it on.