Re: [exim] Retiring old build targets

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Retiring old build targets
On 2017-07-25 Jeremy Harris <jgh@???> wrote:
> On 19/07/17 11:29, Jeremy Harris wrote:
>> I'm considering renaming, possibly removing, some of the support
>> in the Exim sourcebase for "older" build targets. Either way,
>> for any this applies to, builds will no longer work.


>> Please speak up if your preferred OS requires one of those. Be prepared
>> to commission and monitor a buildfarm animal
>> ( https://buildfarm.exim.org/cgi-bin/show_status.pl )
>> for ongoing regression-testing on that OS.


> Given the resounding silence from volunteers, I'm tempted to retire
> in the next release _everything_ apart from the current set of
> representatives in the buildfarm.


> That would be: Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, SunOS5.


Hello,

FWIW Debian is still building exim on kfreebsd.

cu Andreas
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