Re: Installer for PgAdmin4, v6.10

It doesn't even install, which is actually good, because in v6.3 pgAdmin
updated the dependency on python (IIRC) to a version that no longer runs on
Windows 7, whereupon pgAdmin thinks it installed correctly, but you can't
actually use it. So in v6.4, a check was added to prevent pgAdmin from
installing and leaving you dead in the water. I.e., it's not that
pgAdmin's refusal to install v6.4+ is an arbitrary decision, it
actually protects you from being screwed. Luckily I was able to revert to
v6.2.

I would love for pgAdmin to support Windows 7 by possibly supporting legacy
versions of python, but as someone running a software business, I can
understand why the team doesn't want to jump through hoops to support an OS
that even Microsoft has totally abandoned. It's not the pgAdmin's team
responsibility to accommodate my choice to use obsolete (and unsafe)
technology.

Yes, I really should update to Windows 10 (I doubt Windows 11 would install
on my older hardware), but I'm lazy and I figure that if my development
system still runs fine on Windows 7 then I've got other higher-priority
work issues to deal with... so I live with being stuck at v6.2.

Cheers,
Dave

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9:00 AM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:22 PM Ken Benson <Ken(at)infowerks(dot)com> wrote:
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>> Hi Ken,
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>> Windows 7 reached EOL a long time ago. Please check
>> https://www.pgadmin.org/download/pgadmin-4-windows/ for pgAdmin version
>> support.
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>> *[[KenB]] *which says “pgAdmin is available for 64 bit Windows™ 7 SP1
>> (desktop) or 2008R2 (server) and above, up to v4.30.” – but it still worked
>> up until version 6.2
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>> *[[KenB]] *I’m just asking if that change between 6.2 and 6.10 was on
>> purpose.
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> We have stopped testing installers on Windows 7. If it works then great.
> But, if it doesn't work then unfortunately we can't do anything in this.
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>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 2:06 AM Ken Benson <Ken(at)infowerks(dot)com> wrote:
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>> When I try to upgrade my local PgAdmin4 to version 6.10, I get a message:
>> “This program does not support the version of Windows your computer is
>> running.”
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>> I am running Windows 7x64.
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>> Version 6.2 installed on this machine.
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>> Is this by design? Is support for Windows 7x64 being discontinued for
>> PgAdmin4?
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>> Ken Benson | ken @ infowerks-dot-com
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>> --
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>> Thanks,
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>> Aditya Toshniwal
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>> pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | *edbpostgres.com*
>> <http://edbpostgres.com>
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>> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
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> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | *edbpostgres.com*
> <http://edbpostgres.com>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>