Python & Windows XP

[DeaD_EyE]

The community has to work for you, not...

... you are free to support the community and make a build for Windows XP and you can do the support.
You have two choices.
1. use modern OS.
2. create your own custom build

This does not change the fact, that you are using a no longer supported os. Blame yourself and MS and not the community!

[nilamo]

The why is simple. Testing every version of python against every version of every operating system is a ridiculous expectation. It also doesn't work with Mac OS 9, or Windows 3.1, or the Sega Genesis, but nobody's expecting it to.

If you're choosing to continue to use XP, then that choice will dictate what sort of software you can run.

[Gribouillis]

But it seems nobody answered as yet the WHY question

I think the python team maintains tests for python on a large number of supported platforms and they don't want the additional task of maintaining tests on obsolete platforms such as Windows XP. This explains the why: the python team doesn't want to waste time on useless tasks.