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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 16:41:14 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_48A4589E-9019-4065-BA47-67EECD9A3FAF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 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. That=92s why it doesn=92t make sense to support an OS platform that the = original vendor (MS) no longer supports themselves. On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > 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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