Re: Warning users on XP *before* uninstalling the old version?

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

On 10 August 2014 02:55, Evan Huus <eapache () gmail com> wrote:

> Per this comment, seems like it would be a good idea:
>
> https://blog.wireshark.org/2014/07/wireshark-1-12-officially-released/comment-page-1/#comment-3385
>
> Don't know much about the Windows installer though, this may not be
> possible?

> From the release notes:

2.4. Platform Support

Support for Windows XP has been deprecated. We will make an effort to
support it for as long as possible but our ability to do so depends on
upstream packages and other factors beyond our control.


As users obviously don't read the release notes! I think we should maybe
get the installer to check if the host OS is XP, and then offer the warning
before doing anything else.
-- 
Graham Bloice

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