[issue36085] Enable better DLL resolution

[Eryk Sun]

Eryk Sun <eryksun at gmail.com> added the comment:

> Alternatively, I'm totally happy to make a three month exception to 
> PEP 11 and just drop Win7 completely for 3.8. But I think that needs 
> to be made official as early as possible

Windows 7 is still used on about 40% of Windows desktops, and will likely remain popular for a few years after its scheduled end of life in January 2020. Would this be a hard drop, i.e. would installing 3.8 be prevented in Windows 7? Or would it install but require users to manually install KB2533623?

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