Update using/windows to state that 3.12 supports Windows 10 and newer, not 8.1.
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Start with the linked using-python-on-windows documentation section and compare its Windows support statement with PEP 11 and Microsoft's Windows 8.1 lifecycle information. Confirm the supported-version wording with the Windows maintainers, then update the sentence so it accurately describes Python 3.12 and the last version supporting Windows 8.1.
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Currently states "This means that Python 3.12 supports Windows 8.1 and newer. If you require Windows 7 support, please install Python 3.8."
I believe this is just a leftover claim from 3.11 given what we say in https://peps.python.org/pep-0011/#microsoft-windows and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-81 as the Microsoft Extended Support end date is January 2023, 9 months before 3.12 will be released.
We probably want that to say "3.12 supports Windows 10 and newer. If you require Windows 8.1 support, please install Python 3.11" ?
Clarification from the Windows folks would be good here.
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