- Systems using --with-dl-dld
- Systems using --without-universal-newlines
- MacOS 9
-
-The following systems are still supported in Python 2.5, but
-support will be dropped in 2.6:
- Systems using --with-wctype-functions
- Win9x, WinME
-Warning on install in Windows 98 and Windows Me
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-
-Following Microsoft's closing of Extended Support for
-Windows 98/ME (July 11, 2006), Python 2.6 will stop
-supporting these platforms. Python development and
-maintainability becomes easier (and more reliable) when
-platform specific code targeting OSes with few users
-and no dedicated expert developers is taken out. The
-vendor also warns that the OS versions listed above
-"can expose customers to security risks" and recommends
-upgrade.
Platform specific notes
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