Bug #70070 List of supported Windows OS'es not updated

• Submitted: 18 Aug 2013 12:10
• Modified: 21 Aug 2013 17:25
• Reporter: Peter Laursen (Basic Quality Contributor)
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.5, 5.6, 5.7
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Paul DuBois
• CPU Architecture: Any

[18 Aug 2013 12:10] Peter Laursen

Description:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/supported-os.html
"Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. See Section 2.3, “Installing MySQL on Microsoft Windows”."

How to repeat:
read docs!

Suggested fix:
You cannot be serious that Windows7, Windows8 (and same generations of Windows server systems are not supported)?

[18 Aug 2013 12:13] Peter Laursen

+ http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/supported-os.html 
+ http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/supported-os.html
.. say the same.

BTW .. didn't I find statements here in bugs.mysql that Windows XP is NOT supported with MySQL 5.6?

[18 Aug 2013 12:21] Peter Laursen

Added "5.7" in *Version*.

[18 Aug 2013 12:21] MySQL Verification Team

I wonder the docs are trying to duplicate the information.  This should be the list:
http://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html

[18 Aug 2013 12:22] Peter Laursen

.. and in my second posting the link should have been:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/supported-os.html

[21 Aug 2013 17:25] Paul DuBois

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.

Removing specific list of Windows versions from supported-os; the official list is at:
http://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html