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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-06-22 16:29:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2016-06-24 18:15:01 +0200 |
| commit | b0be3a0186114c8f566292fc9001debcbe79a663 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e9cb5b2eeeb3049040f52a3547484f6d16336c6 | |
| parent | 9f1807af2422e3ac2d3702242b4a47c8df0be262 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-b0be3a0186114c8f566292fc9001debcbe79a663.tar.xz | |
doc: Mention Windows XP end of support in release notes
Closes #7681.
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index df3c265dcd..6e4f390cbc 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> +Compatibility +============== + +Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support), +an OS initially released in 2001. This means that not even critical security +updates will be released anymore. Without security updates, using a bitcoin +wallet on a XP machine is irresponsible at least. + +In addition to that, with 0.12.x there have been varied reports of Bitcoin Core +randomly crashing on Windows XP. It is [not clear](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7681#issuecomment-217439891) +what the source of these crashes is, but it is likely that upstream +libraries such as Qt are no longer being tested on XP. + +We do not have time nor resources to provide support for an OS that is +end-of-life. From 0.13.0 on, Windows XP is no longer supported. Users are +suggested to upgrade to a newer verion of Windows, or install an alternative OS +that is supported. + +No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP, +you can still do so at your own risk, but do not expect it to work: do not +report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker. + Notable changes =============== |